03272nam 22006252 450 991046085240332120211007022609.090-485-2582-910.1515/9789048525829(CKB)3710000000539492(EBL)4391590(MiAaPQ)EBC4391590(DE-B1597)502549(OCoLC)932498846(DE-B1597)9789048525829(MdBmJHUP)muse76703(UkCbUP)CR9789048525829(Au-PeEL)EBL4391590(CaPaEBR)ebr11153792(CaONFJC)MIL882490(EXLCZ)99371000000053949220201120d2015|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGerman historians and the bombing of German cities the contested air war /Bas von Benda-Beckmann[electronic resource]Amsterdam :Amsterdam University Press,2015.1 online resource (291 pages) digital, PDF file(s)NIOD studies on war, Holocaust, and genocideTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Dec 2020).90-8964-781-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Table Of Contents --Preface --Introduction --1. Putting The Allies On Trial --2. Dresden And The Cold War --3. A past becomes history --4. The 'Imperialist Air War' --5. Breaking Taboos --Conclusion --Abbreviations --Bibliography --Index.Today, strategic aerial bombardments of urban areas that harm civilians, at times intentionally, are becoming increasingly common in global conflicts. This book reveals the history of these tactics as employed by nations that initiated aerial bombardments of civilians after World War I and during World War II. As one of the major symbols of German suffering, the Allied bombing left a strong imprint on German society. Bas von Benda-Beckmann explores how German historical accounts reflected debates on postwar identity and looks at whether the history of the air war forms a counternarrative against the idea of German collective guilt. Provocative and unflinching, this study offers a valuable contribution to German historiography.Studies of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.Bombing, AerialGermanyHistoryBombing, AerialGermanyHistoriographyWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillageGermanyWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillageGermanyHistoriographyHistoriansGermanyBombing, AerialHistory.Bombing, AerialHistoriography.World War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillageWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillageHistoriography.Historians940.54/213Benda-Beckmann Bastiaan Robert von851456UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910460852403321German historians and the bombing of German cities2488978UNINA