Donald M. McKale is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of Humanities at Clemson University. Previous books of his include War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I and Hitler: The Survival Myth. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina.
Offers an incisive introductory survey of the Holocaust from the
ideological inception of modern anti-Semitism through the rising
tide of anti-Jewish persecution in the 1930s and culminating in the
Final Solution. I would strongly recommend the book for use in
college courses on the Holocaust or the Third Reich, and it is
appropriate for advanced high students as well.
*Jewish Book World*
McKale presents a chillingly detailed and documented account of the
Nazi insanity motivating the murderous attempt to exterminate the
Jews in Europe. In view of the massive manpower, construction,
transportation, energy, and other resources expended in this task,
winning World War II, for the Nazis, was nothing more than a step
toward success in the Holocaust.
*Martin Blumenson, Author of Heroes Never Die: Warriors and
Warfare in World War II and Patton.*
For anyone seeking to come to terms with the depravity of the
Holocaust, Hitler's Shadow War will be required reading.
*Booklist*
McKale's book is a stunning achievement that will be read eagerly
by students and scholars of the Holocaust. ... If readers at any
level, or any library, were to purchase one book on the Holocaust,
Hitler's Shadow War would be the recommended choice.
*CHOICE*
Donald McKale's latest book is a detailed study of Nazi Germany's
Jewish persecutions and the Holocaust. Drawn mainly from the
abundant secondary literature in English, the work surveys the
familiar territory, however in great detail.
*History: Reviews Of New Books*
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