Written by a concentration camp survivor, "Battlefield of Ideas" draws upon personal experience and historical sources largely unknown to American scholars to provide an in-depth examination of life inside the camps and the survival tactics of Polish prisoners. Debski offers a new "battlefield" model for studying the camps that emphasizes the prisoners' actions against Nazi power and stands as a powerful critique of older explanatory models--put forth by prominent scholars such as Hannah Arendt and Lawrence Langer--that ...
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Written by a concentration camp survivor, "Battlefield of Ideas" draws upon personal experience and historical sources largely unknown to American scholars to provide an in-depth examination of life inside the camps and the survival tactics of Polish prisoners. Debski offers a new "battlefield" model for studying the camps that emphasizes the prisoners' actions against Nazi power and stands as a powerful critique of older explanatory models--put forth by prominent scholars such as Hannah Arendt and Lawrence Langer--that assume prisoners were unable to resist.
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Fair. Contains pencil underlining and markings. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
