Eichmann in Jerusalem : A Report on the Banality of Evil
by:
Hannah Arendt (author)
When Adolf Eichmann was brought to trial in Jerusalem, the eyes of the world were on the courtroom. The drama of his kidnapping, the bitter controversies over jurisdiction, the scope and solemnity of the trial, its passionate undercurrents, racial and political - all these caught the imagination...
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When Adolf Eichmann was brought to trial in Jerusalem, the eyes of the world were on the courtroom. The drama of his kidnapping, the bitter controversies over jurisdiction, the scope and solemnity of the trial, its passionate undercurrents, racial and political - all these caught the imagination of mankind. But as week succeeded week and the courtroom drama ebbed and flowe
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Format: hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 275
Edition language: English
When I was in graduate school I read many books that shaped my understanding of historical events, but few did so as profoundly as Christopher Browning's Ordinary Men. By using a battalion of reservists as a case study, Browning showed the process by which men not motivated by ideology or hatred or ...
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We just saw the movie Hannah Arendt, and it is extremely good - possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Margarethe von Trotta's direction and script are excellent, and Barbara Sukowa is terrific in the title role.
History to listen to as I bake chicken pies.Brilliantly narrated by Wanda McCaddonNatural follow up to Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascombe (I see the 'add book' has broken now!) I am sure that there were many who would have loved to slap that smirk off his face.For a superb review, I can do no less th...
Un golpe directo a la mandíbula. De más está de decir que estuvo a la altura de las expectativas, pero eso era de esperar. Lo más sorprendente es la pulsional combinación de emociones que despliega. Por un lado lo esperable, realizado con precisión: repaso jurídico sobre el proceso y evaluación de a...
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