LEADER 03075nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910792589603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93885-1 010 $a9786612938856 010 $a1-4399-0453-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019366 035 $a(EBL)534270 035 $a(OCoLC)630545113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385383 035 $a(PQKB)11775419 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15659 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10388599 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534270 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019366 100 $a19900208d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow holocausts happen$b[electronic resource] $ethe United States in Central America /$fDouglas V. Porpora 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87722-750-0 311 $a0-87722-923-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a""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 t 606 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 606 $aAtrocities$zCentral America$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aApathy 607 $aCentral America$xPolitics and government$y1979- 607 $aCentral America$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCentral America 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 615 0$aAtrocities$xHistory 615 0$aApathy. 676 $a327.730728 700 $aPorpora$b Douglas V$01500157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792589603321 996 $aHow holocausts happen$93726710 997 $aUNINA