A review by creechance
War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris L. Bergen

4.0

"War and Genocide" is an interesting book about what drove the Nazis to do something as irrational as the Holecaust. Bergen sums it up as "race and space" and thereby explains why the Nazis devoted so many men and military resources to something that was anything but necessary to the war effort. If you're looking for a book that explains how something as terrible as the Holecaust happened, or how the Nazis rose to power in such a highly developed and educated nation, look elsewhere. This book seeks to answer the question of why they put so much effort into killing innocents. And it does a good job.