TY - BOOK AU - Lantzer,Jason TI - Dwight Eisenhower and the Holocaust: A History SN - 9783111326436 U1 - 940 PY - 2023///] CY - München, Wien PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg KW - Dwight D. Eisenhower KW - Holocaust KW - Politikwissenschaften KW - Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter 1 The Quote and the Man behind It --; Chapter 2 Freedom Imperiled --; Chapter 3 Waging a War of Liberation --; Chapter 4 “First Hand Evidence” --; Chapter 5 Crimes Against Humanity --; Chapter 6 Never Again --; Epilogue: Never Forgetting --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Dwight Eisenhower’s encounter with the Holocaust altered how he understood the Second World War and shaped how he led the United States and the Western Alliance during the Cold War. This book is the first to blend scholarship on Eisenhower, World War II, and the Holocaust together, constructing a narrative that offers new insights into all three, all while uncovering the story of how he became among the first to vow that such atrocities would never again be allowed to happen. From the moment he stepped foot in the concentration camp Ohrdruf in April 1945, defeating Nazi Germany took on a moral hue for Eisenhower that had largely been absent before. It spurred the belief that totalitarianism in all its forms needed to be confronted. This conviction shaped his presidency and solidified American engagement in the postwar world. Putting these pieces of the story together alters how we view and understand the second half of the twentieth century UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111327112 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111327112 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111327112/original ER -