03075nam 2200661Ia 450 991079258960332120200520144314.01-282-93885-197866129388561-4399-0453-7(CKB)2670000000019366(EBL)534270(OCoLC)630545113(SSID)ssj0000419926(PQKBManifestationID)11271087(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419926(PQKBWorkID)10385383(PQKB)11775419(MdBmJHUP)muse15659(Au-PeEL)EBL534270(CaPaEBR)ebr10388599(CaONFJC)MIL293885(MiAaPQ)EBC534270(EXLCZ)99267000000001936619900208d1990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow holocausts happen[electronic resource] the United States in Central America /Douglas V. PorporaPhiladelphia Temple University Press19901 online resource (236 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87722-750-0 0-87722-923-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index.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""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 Hannah Arendt's thesis of the banality of evil, he develops tHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)AtrocitiesCentral AmericaHistory20th centuryApathyCentral AmericaPolitics and government1979-Central AmericaForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsCentral AmericaUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Moral and ethical aspectsHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)AtrocitiesHistoryApathy.327.730728Porpora Douglas V1500157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792589603321How holocausts happen3726710UNINA