Reviews for Collequium on the Law of Outer Space Proceedings, 36th

The average rating for Collequium on the Law of Outer Space Proceedings, 36th based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-05-16 00:00:00 Jason Loomis A powerful historical book that covers in detail the Holocaust of World War Two. Mayer takes an unusual approach in looking at the reason for the Holocaust, one more scholarly than from personal experience. He states, correctly, there is a school of thought that says Hitler and the Nazis planned the extermination of the Jews from day one. Through an incredibly detailed review of available evidence, Mayer makes the sound argument that the decision to exterminate the Jewish people came as a result of a number of circumstances. Most of these circumstances stem from the Nazi war on Russia - and their failure in that theater of war. It is posited that had Germany been able to defeat Russia, they were prepared to simply make Greater Germany Judenfrei by shipping all Jews over the Urals. With Russia stopping Germany in 1941, before Russia defeating them in 1942 at Stalingrad and subsequently stifling the last ditch efforts in 1943, the Germans fell into a cycle of slaughter that chiefly destroyed six million Jews. While not an easy read, this is a very important book and in this day and age, it should be read by every single person when they turn eighteen. The scourge of Nazis and White Power is not part of the past. It is here today and the world must stand up to it and put it back in the dustbin of history where it resided only for the 50 or 60 years after 1945. My Rating: 5 stars Reviewed by: Mr. N

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-12 00:00:00 Carla Morris Reminds me of revisionist histories of the USSR, except the latter serve to combat fascist lies about socialism, while Mayer combats liberal lies about fascism. De Hakenkruistocht shines where it emphasizes the functionality, continuity and breaks within the classes committing the Holocaust. The economic background of Kristallnacht (which led to the quick subsequent release of the 30,000 jews interned after the events) and other pre-1941 events creates a narrative that in all its plausibility is more discomforting than the standard view of Nazi Germany as a relentless and absolutely judeocidal murder machine. His final essay-speech, given as a defense against accusations of anti-semitism, is a sober appeal to combat World War mysticism in favour of a rigorous dialectical historiography. Bad thing is that Mayer doesn't deign to cite anything - the reader is presented with an extensive bibliography at the end, but nothing is directly cited. I have no reason to distrust his writings, but I don't see why he'd go to the length of researching and writing this book, only to make the documents and sources themselves as opaque as possible. (full review pending)