Michael Burleigh è un autore e storico britannico il cui lavoro si addentra spesso negli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana e delle ideologie totalitarie. Attraverso una profonda ricerca storica, esamina come le credenze radicali possano degenerare in forze distruttive. La sua scrittura si distingue per la profondità intellettuale e la capacità di svelare verità inquietanti sul passato e sul presente. I lettori apprezzeranno il suo approccio analitico alla storia e la sua abilità nel collegare eventi apparentemente disparati in una narrazione coerente.
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
This one-volume account of the Third Reich includes straightforward narrative history and analytic explanation while examining the religious enthusiasm and elemental passions generated by mass fascism.
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.
A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich
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.
Dílo významného britského historika není jen podrobným výčtem událostí dosud největší války světových dějin, ale zaměřuje se i na psychologické profily důležitých aktérů tohoto osudového střetnutí. Nalezneme tu zasvěcené srovnání dvou totalitních režimů i rozbor paradoxní situace, v níž režimům demokratickým nezbylo než volit spojenectví se stalinistickým Ruskem. Autor podrobně rozebírá mnohé bolestivé otázky, např. eventuální možnost letecky čelit probíhajícímu vyvražďování Židů, oprávněnost plošného bombardování i mnoho dalších situací, ve kterých se ve válce s nelidským nacistickým režimem lidské svědomí ocitalo mezi dvěma mlýnskými kameny.
