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UNINA9910459339703321 |
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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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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 |
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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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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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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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""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 |
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to the suffering of others was the common response. With reference to Hannah Arendt's thesis of the banality of evil, he develops t |
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UNISA996396819403316 |
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The petition and declaration of Sir Philom Oneal Knight [[electronic resource]] : Generall of Ireland, to the High Court of Parliament now assembled in England, and the lords and nobility commanders of the army of the Catholicks of Ireland. Averred by Tho. Etherington clerk. The names of the rebels. Oneal, Ormond, Antrim, Mountgarret, Neterfield, Dillon, &c |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : printed for W. Neal, 1641 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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O'NeillPhelim, Sir, <1604?-1653.> |
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Ireland History Rebellion of 1641 Early works to 1800 |
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Signed at end: Oneal, Ormund, Antrim, Mountgarret, Neterfield, Delon, &c. |
Signatures: A⁴. |
Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library. |
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