Tim Heath
Autore di Hitler's Girls: Doves Amongst Eagles
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- Opere
- 20
- Utenti
- 83
- Popolarità
- #218,811
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 36
I'll try to explain my distinction between a resource and a history book. A history book, for me, presents facts and even some suppositions and connects them through some kind of analysis. Even just presenting it as background to a regime or an event can count as a loose form of analysis. A resource is something that historians can reference (yes, history books can also be a reference, but generally they are referenced for their ideas and analysis, not as a source of information), from primary documents and commentary to, as often in this case, largely reliable but hearsay testimony from relatives and friends. This reads more like a resource than a history book with a coherent thesis. Well, other than just demonstrating the depths of Nazi perversity.
Having said all that, the book is still quite interesting. While many of the cases and incidents discussed aren't new, this offers some new perspectives on them. They also offer what for many may well be too much detail. I lean toward believing even horrible details need to be available, so I can live with the disturbing passages. Some readers may be better off reading the other books available on these atrocities as well as anything new that might come from historians using these interviews to do further research.
While I would recommend this to readers who can stomach horrific details, I would make sure everyone understands that no punches are pulled here. It is an uncomfortable read and isn't presenting new incidents, just new details, so unless this is a research area for you I might suggest other options to this.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (altro)