The Holocaust in Historical Context

by Steven T. Katz

With this volume, Steven T. Katz initiates the provocative argument that the Holocaust is a singular event in human history. Unlike any previous work on the subject, The Holocaust in Historical Context maintains that the Holocaust is the only example of true genocide--a systematic attempt to kill all the members of a group--in history.

In a richly documented, subtly argued, and amazingly wide-ranging comparative historical and phenomenological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195072200
• ISBN13: 9780195072204
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.8" x 9.6"