Islam and Nazi Germany's War - Rilegato

Motadel, David

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ISBN 10: 0674724607 ISBN 13: 9780674724600

Casa editrice: Belknap Pr, 2014

Riassunto

In the most crucial phase of the Second World War, German troops, fighting in regions as far apart as the Sahara and the Caucasus, confronted the Allies across lands largely populated by Muslims. Nazi officials saw Islam as a powerful force with the same enemies as Germany: the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Jews. Islam and Nazi Germany’s War is the first comprehensive account of Berlin’s remarkably ambitious attempts to build an alliance with the Islamic world.

Drawing on archival research in three continents, David Motadel explains how German officials tried to promote the Third Reich as a patron of Islam. He explores Berlin’s policies and propaganda in the Muslim war zones, and the extensive work that authorities undertook for the recruitment, spiritual care, and ideological indoctrination of tens of thousands of Muslim volunteers who fought in the Wehrmacht and the SS.

Islam and Nazi Germany’s War reveals how German troops on the ground in North Africa, the Balkans, and the Eastern front engaged with diverse Muslim populations, including Muslim Roma and Jewish converts to Islam. Combining measured argument with a masterly handling of detail, it illuminates the profound impact of the Second World War on Muslims around the world and provides a new understanding of the politics of religion in the bloodiest conflict of the twentieth century.

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An original contribution to the modern history of Islam, David Motadel s book is a powerful and timely reminder of Western colonial efforts to manipulate and mobilize jihadist rhetoric in the service of empire. --Robert D. Crews, Stanford University"

Motadel's treatment of an unsavoury segment of modern Muslim history is as revealing as it is nuanced. Its strength lies not just in its erudite account of the Nazi perception of Islam but also in illustrating how the Allies used exactly the same tactics to rally Muslims against Hitler. - The Independent

Thanks for David Motadel s exhaustive scholarship we now have the first comprehensive study of German policy towards Islam during the Second World War . In fact, it is even more than that, since it explores the roots of Nazi policy in Imperial Germany and the Great War and follows its tracks through the Weimar years into the Third Reich. --Literary Review

Islam and Nazi Germany s War is the first book to provide an in-depth study of this complex relationship, charting its twists and turns as Hitler's paladins sought to bring Muslims onside. It is academically impeccable, drawing on a wealth of archival resources in a multitude of languages, yet it wears its erudition lightly. In the current climate, a subject such as this might be considered controversial. Motadel, however, is never less than resolutely serious and rigorous. The whiff of sensationalism never offends the nostrils. [...] Motadel s book is a brilliantly original study that achieves that rare feat of combining rigour with accessibility. Most impressively, in the hugely crowded field of the second world war and Nazi Germany it manages to explore an area of profound significance that had previously been overlooked." --Financial Times

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• Editore: Belknap Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0674724607
• ISBN 13: 9780674724600
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 500