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UNINA9910792589603321 |
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Autore |
Porpora Douglas V |
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Titolo |
How holocausts happen [[electronic resource] ] : the United States in Central America / / Douglas V. Porpora |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 1990 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-93885-1 |
9786612938856 |
1-4399-0453-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
Atrocities - Central America - History - 20th century |
Apathy |
Central America Politics and government 1979- |
Central America Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Central America |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Banality of Evil; 3. Moral Indifference, the Rise of Hitler, and the Exterminiation of the Jews; 4. The Two Faces of Genocide in Central America; 5. Has the United States Become a Party to Genocide? To a Holocaust-like Event?; 6. How We Allowed Ourselves to Become a Party to Genocide; 7. In the Footsteps of the Righteous; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""History repeats itself, but it never repeats itself exactly,"" observes Douglas Porpora in this powerful indictment of U.S. intervention in Central America. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of U.S. participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, and the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador among others, Porpora demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response. With reference to |
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