Empire of Destruction

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A History of Nazi Mass Killing

By Alex J. Kay

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Empire of Destruction by Alex J. Kay explores the history of Nazi Germany's genocidal campaigns during World War II. The book delves into the systematic strategies of ruthlessness and annihilation employed by the regime across Europe. It meticulously analyses the brutal impact of war policies, offering insights into the ideological and practical dimensions of mass violence and genocide.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in exploring the harrowing and in-depth examination of Nazi policies and their catastrophic impact during World War II. It offers a detailed study of the intersection between ideology and the machinery of destruction, providing insights into the mechanisms of genocide and mass violence.

Empire of Destruction

The first integrative history of Nazi mass killing—showing how policies of mass murder were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the war

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The first comparative, comprehensive history of Nazi mass killing – showing how genocidal policies were crucial to the regime’s strategy to win the war

Nazi Germany killed approximately 13 million civilians and other non-combatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, mostly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the Nazis’ pan-European racial purification programme.

Alex Kay argues that the genocide of European Jewry can be examined in the wider context of Nazi mass killing. For the first time, Empire of Destruction considers Europe’s Jews alongside all the other major victim groups: captive Red Army soldiers, the Soviet urban population, unarmed civilian victims of preventive terror and reprisals, the mentally and physically disabled, the European Roma, and the Polish intelligentsia. Kay shows how each of these groups was regarded by the Nazi regime as a potential threat to Germany’s ability to successfully wage a war for hegemony in Europe.

Combining the full quantitative scale of the killings with the individual horror, this is a vital and groundbreaking work.

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Empire of Destruction by Alex J. Kay is praised for its meticulous and vivid exploration of the Nazi regime's systemic murder of civilians, delivering a balanced analysis of evidence alongside harrowing survival stories. The book is noted for coherently integrating over two decades of research, making it essential for those studying WWII or Holocaust history. Kay’s work, described as a compendium of Nazi mass killings, sheds light on both well-known and understudied areas, and is lauded for its innovative approach to addressing the vast extent of Nazi atrocities.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300234053

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 September 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 24 b-w illus. + 1 map

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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Alex J. Kay European History Global History History & Military Military History Non-Fiction

About the Author

Alex J. Kay is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Potsdam and lifetime Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published five acclaimed books on Nazi Germany, including The Making of an SS Killer.