{"product_id":"how-could-this-happen-explaining-the-holocaust-hardcover","title":"How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Holocaust has long seemed incomprehensible, a monumental crime that beggars our powers of description and explanation. Historians have probed the many sources of this tragedy, but no account has united the various causes into an overarching synthesis that answers the vital question: How was such a nightmare possible in the heart of western civilization? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow Could This Happen\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Dan McMillan distills the vast body of Holocaust research into a cogent explanation and comprehensive analysis of the genocide's many causes, revealing how a once-progressive society like Germany could have carried out this crime. The Holocaust, he explains, was caused not by one but by a combination of factors -- from Germany's failure to become a democracy until 1918, to the widespread acceptance of anti-Semitism and scientific racism, to the effects of World War I, which intensified political divisions within the country and drastically lowered the value of human life in the minds of an entire generation. Masterfully synthesizing the myriad causes that led Germany to disaster, McMillan shows why thousands of Germans carried out the genocide while millions watched, with cold indifference, as it enveloped their homeland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Persuasive and compelling, \u003ci\u003eHow Could This Happen\u003c\/i\u003e explains how a perfect storm of bleak circumstances, malevolent ideas, and damaged personalities unleashed history's most terrifying atrocity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan McMillan\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Ph.D. in German history from Columbia University and a law degree from Fordham University, and has worked as a history professor and a prosecuting attorney. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762050335008,"sku":"9780465080243","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3483b30c805ce2c7530da72d43362913.webp?v=1780215825","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-could-this-happen-explaining-the-holocaust-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}