Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
by Nicholson Baker
Buy on AmazonAt a time when the West seems ever more eager to call on military aggression as a means of securing international peace, Nicholson Baker's provocative narrative exploring the political misjudgements and personal biases that gave birth to the terrifying consequences of the Second World War could not be more pertinent. With original and controversial insights brought about by meticulous research, Human Smokere-evaluates the political turning points that led up to war and in so doing challenges some of the treasured myths we hold about how war came about and how atrocities like the Holocaust were able to happen.…
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"“Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization,” Nicholson Baker. Turns out, that wasn’t a good war. Maybe there’s no such thing as a good war."
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