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“bernard wasserstein”

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  • Barbarism and Civilization

    A History of Europe in our Time

    by Bernard Wasserstein ...
    The twentieth century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history. Yet it also saw incontestable improvements in the conditions of existence for most inhabitants of the continent - from rising living standards and dramatically increased life expectancy, to the virtual elimination of illiteracy, and the advance of women, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals to greater equality of ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Secret War in Shanghai

    Treachery, Subversion and Collaboration in the Second World War

    by Bernard Wasserstein ...
    In this classic account, Bernard Wasserstein draws on the files of the Shanghai Police as well as the intelligence archives of the many countries involved, to provide the definitive story of Shanghai's secret war. Bernard Wasserstein introduces the British, American and Australian individuals who collaborated with the Axis powers as well as subversive warfare operatives battling the Japanese - and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • On the Eve

    The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War

    by Bernard Wasserstein ...
    On the Eve is the portrait of a world on the brink of annihilation. In this provocative book, Bernard Wasserstein presents a new and disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught.In the 1930s, as Europe spiraled toward the Second World War, the continent’s Jews faced an existential crisis. The harsh realities of the age—anti-Semitic ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Ambiguity of Virtue

    Gertrude van Tijn and the Fate of the Dutch Jews

    by Bernard Wasserstein ...
    In May 1941, Gertrude van Tijn arrived in Lisbon on a mission of mercy from German-occupied Amsterdam. She came with Nazi approval to the capital of neutral Portugal to negotiate the departure from Hitler’s Europe of thousands of German and Dutch Jews. Was this middle-aged Jewish woman, burdened with such a terrible responsibility, merely a pawn of the Nazis, or was her journey a genuine ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century

    A History and Guide with Texts

    Edited by John Grenville, Bernard Wasserstein ...
    The Major International Treaties of the Twentieth Century surveys the history of treaty-making throughout the twentieth century. It accessibly provides the texts of all the major treaties that either continue in force today, or are of historical importance. These treaties are essential for an understanding of recent history and analysis of current international relations.The Major International ... Read more

    $475.00 USD

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  • A Chosen Few

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  • Final Solution

    The Fate of Jews, 1933–1949

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  • Children of Terror

    by Inge Auerbacher, B U Gilbride ...
    This book is an "Honorable-Mention Awardee 2015" from Readers Favorite under Non-Fiction/Autobiography category.Two very young girls, one a Catholic from Poland, the other a Jew from Germany, are caught in a web of terror during World War II. These are their unforgettable true stories."War does not spare the innocent. Two young girls, one a Catholic from Poland, the other a Jew from Germany, were ... Read more

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  • The War Against the Jews, 1933–1945

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    Jewish Life in Nazi Germany

    by Marion A. Kaplan ...
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  • How to Fight Anti-Semitism

    by Bari Weiss ...
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