Michael Burleigh Libros

Michael Burleigh nos ofrece una visión radicalmente nueva del Tercer Reich desde su gestación hasta su destrucción final. Antes de la aparición de esta obra, ganadora del prestigioso Premio de Ensayo Samuel Johnson 2001, no existía una historia completa sobre la Alemania nazi, a pesar de que ha sido uno de los fenómenos más estudiados del siglo XX. Este libro demuestra que el abandono de la democracia y la tolerancia que protagonizó el Tercer Reich estaba extendido por la Europa de la época. Narra cómo un movimiento pseudorreligioso, imbuido de un sentimentalismo demagógico, parecía ofrecer la salvación a una Alemania exhausta por la guerra y la creciente inflación. Muestra las consecuencias de la desaparición del gobierno de la ley en favor del terror. Pero, a diferencia de otros recientes estudios de este periodo, no condena a toda la nación alemana. Explica la compleja moralidad utilizada para «legitimar» el Holocausto por parte de quienes lo llevaron a cabo y recrea con brillantez las complejidades de la vida bajo un régimen totalitario, que gobernó casi toda Europa durante cuatro años. Reseñas: «Estas pasmosa investigación le dejará sin aliento. Más profunda que cualquier otra, es el producto de un verdadero genio.» The Sunday Times «Esta brillante visión de una gran tiranía es una importantísima contribución para entender el siglo XX.» Booklist

Between 1939 and 1945 the Nazis systematically murdered as many as 200,000 mentally ill or physically disabled people whom they stigmatised as 'life unworthy of life'. This book is the first full-scale study in English of this complex and covert series of operations known as the 'euthanasia' programme. Using a wealth of original archive material, Michael Burleigh considers the role of all those involved in the programme: bureaucrats, doctors, nurses, health officials, lawyers, clerics, and also parents, relatives and the patients themselves. 'History writing is rarely this moving, or so admirably, effectively, moralistic' David Ceserani, The Guardian 'This is a terrible book. Everyone ought to read it. It is difficult to believe that this account could be improved upon' Anthony Storr, The Times 'Outstanding and chilling [Michael Burleigh] provides one of the most penetrating insights yet written into the individual mentalities - and the resulting collective "mentality" - of Nazism.' Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Telegraph 'An impressive and harrowing book whose suppleness, fluency and accretion of case histories and anecdotes particularise the horror.' Jonathan Meades, Mail on Sunday

12 leading historians from Germany, Britain, America and Israel ask what impact the Nazi regime had on German society. They also analyse the Nazi's racial policy and consider to what extent big business was in collusion with the Third Reich

Examines the Second World War in terms of the moral and ethical decisions made by the leaders of both sides and their consequences, including the effects it had on the civilian populations in both theaters

A study of how relations between the Nazi regime and contemporary scholarly experts on eastern Europe eventually set an entire academic discipline on a path to biological racism through Nazi manipulation.

Exploring the evolution of terrorism, Michael Burleigh traces its roots from early movements like the Irish Republican Brotherhood and Russian Nihilists to contemporary threats driven by fundamentalism. The book delves into the lives of those involved in political violence and the impact on victims, providing a comprehensive view of the ongoing global crisis. Burleigh's authoritative narrative offers insights into the historical and social contexts of terrorism, emphasizing its enduring presence and the challenges it poses for the future.

Distinguished historian and acclaimed author of "Earthly Powers" and "The Third Reich" offers a sweeping, deeply insightful history of terrorism from its 19th-century European and American origins to today's global threat fueled by fundamentalists. color photo insert.

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century - first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash of 2008 - have…

We are said to be living in an age of anger, and national populist movements are often identified as its political manifestation. In Populism Michael Burleigh explores this new global era, drawing on his Engelsberg Lectures. The first chapter explores the nature of mass anger, mainly in Europe and the US: how might popular discontent be artificially incited and sustained by elite figures claiming to speak for the common people? The second chapter compares the difficult aftermaths of empire in Britain and Russia. Has that experience fostered these countries' sense of exceptionality and inability to evolve into normal societies? Many national populist movements exploit History, as we saw with the so-called 'statue wars' reignited in 2020. The third chapter ranges across Europe, but also China, where a nationalised version of History has become intrinsic to social support for the ruling Communist Party. In the short term, COVID-19 has created problems for several populist leaders, whose image has suffered amidst the public's new-found respect for expertise and unfavourable comparisons with less shouty politicians who have handled the pandemic differently. Yet, with the looming risk of an extended economic depression, Burleigh fears that new post-populists may arise in the long run.

A forensic account of political assassinations from the late nineteenth century to the present day.