Holocaust

FRANK MCDONOUGH is Reader in History at Liverpool John Moores University. He has written a number of successful book including The Origins of the First and Second World Wars (CUP, 1997), Neville Chamberlain, Appeasement and the British Road to War (MUP, 1998), Hitler and Nazi Germany (CUP, 1999), Conflict, Communism and Fascism: Europe, 1890-1945, (CUP, 2000), Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany, (CUP, 2001), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement, (CUP, 2002) and Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party, (Longman, 2004. He has also appeared as an expert on BBC TV, ITV, CHANNEL 4, CHANNEL 5, and BBC RADIO 4, ABC TV (USA) AND DSF (Germany) and has written over 20 scholarly articles and numerous articles on Nazi Germany in history magazines.

• ChronologyIntroductionPART I: THE ROAD TO THE FINAL SOLUTION Hitler and the 'The Jewish Question' before the Second World WarTowards the Final Solution (1) War, Resettlement and Ghettoisation in Poland, September 1939-June 1941Towards the Final Solution (2) Operation Babarossa to the Wannsee Meeting, June 1941-January 1942Life and Death in the Extermination CampsPART II: THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST SINCE 1945 The Holocaust and Popular CultureThe Historical Debate on The HolocaustConclusionWho's Who in the HolocaustSelect biblographyIndex.