Books about World War 2 are even more relevant as time passes. Actual participants in the war passed their experiences on to a generation that absorbed them as part of the informative process. Now the generation of baby boomers are themselves passing on and it is up to writers to remind new generations of the truth that pertains to one of the most shameful episodes in human history.
In reaction to the shame which they learned about from their parents the baby boomer generation were assiduous in implementing policies that they hoped would prevent repetitions of what had happened during the war period. Laws were passed to prevent racism and implement multi-culturalism.
In 2012 the baby boomer generation is hobbling with rheumy eyes and bent body towards its grave. As it dies a new generation is taking its place, eagerly grasping the latest gadgetry. Memories of the War are diluted for them. They know about atrocities but they are relegated to distant history mixed up with the deeds of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great.
Like roosters, human beings are cocky creatures. They easily forget their size and vulnerability. For a human being, as for a cock, it is easy to flap wings and crow, thinking of oneself as master of the immediate universe. Actually, this was how Adolf Hitler and his henchmen behaved during the few years that they wielded their power so arrogantly as cocks of the walk This is why indefatigable human nature needs to be reminded constantly of its vulnerability.
Much has transpired in the half century since the end of World War 2 hostilities. Political ideologies were enthusiastically embraced and imposed by dictators who soon succumbed to greed and ambition. Whole nations have been impoverished and new technologies have transformed the world.
Like a kaleidoscope views alter subtly as time turns. The past is viewed from the present and as new issues and concerns become pressing retrospection alters. Traditionally historians have ascribed the outbreak of the Second World War to economic sanctions imposed after the end of the First World war. This has not deterred the use of economic sanctions in the post modern age, with mixed results.
The development of new military technology throws new light on many of the the retrospective 'ifs' about warfare. It is generally accepted that Hitler brought about his own destruction together with the lives of millions of ordinary citizens. Assassination attempts all failed but new technology and intelligence enables troublesome individuals to be eliminated without the concurrent destruction of millions of innocents.
During the War and immediately after it people hated each other nationally. Participants had no doubts that the Atomic Bomb was justified but those who came shortly after were not so convinced. It appeared to them that the Bomb symbolized something deeply sinister in the nature of humanity. Interestingly, games played by English children often featured villains as Germans but even children tend to draw back in their games from the enormity of the bomb.
Books about World War 2 need to be written by authors from different generations and also read by people of different ages. It is an event that symbolizes something important about the universal nature of mankind. For that reason it needs to be studied carefully, with reference to the future.
In reaction to the shame which they learned about from their parents the baby boomer generation were assiduous in implementing policies that they hoped would prevent repetitions of what had happened during the war period. Laws were passed to prevent racism and implement multi-culturalism.
In 2012 the baby boomer generation is hobbling with rheumy eyes and bent body towards its grave. As it dies a new generation is taking its place, eagerly grasping the latest gadgetry. Memories of the War are diluted for them. They know about atrocities but they are relegated to distant history mixed up with the deeds of Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great.
Like roosters, human beings are cocky creatures. They easily forget their size and vulnerability. For a human being, as for a cock, it is easy to flap wings and crow, thinking of oneself as master of the immediate universe. Actually, this was how Adolf Hitler and his henchmen behaved during the few years that they wielded their power so arrogantly as cocks of the walk This is why indefatigable human nature needs to be reminded constantly of its vulnerability.
Much has transpired in the half century since the end of World War 2 hostilities. Political ideologies were enthusiastically embraced and imposed by dictators who soon succumbed to greed and ambition. Whole nations have been impoverished and new technologies have transformed the world.
Like a kaleidoscope views alter subtly as time turns. The past is viewed from the present and as new issues and concerns become pressing retrospection alters. Traditionally historians have ascribed the outbreak of the Second World War to economic sanctions imposed after the end of the First World war. This has not deterred the use of economic sanctions in the post modern age, with mixed results.
The development of new military technology throws new light on many of the the retrospective 'ifs' about warfare. It is generally accepted that Hitler brought about his own destruction together with the lives of millions of ordinary citizens. Assassination attempts all failed but new technology and intelligence enables troublesome individuals to be eliminated without the concurrent destruction of millions of innocents.
During the War and immediately after it people hated each other nationally. Participants had no doubts that the Atomic Bomb was justified but those who came shortly after were not so convinced. It appeared to them that the Bomb symbolized something deeply sinister in the nature of humanity. Interestingly, games played by English children often featured villains as Germans but even children tend to draw back in their games from the enormity of the bomb.
Books about World War 2 need to be written by authors from different generations and also read by people of different ages. It is an event that symbolizes something important about the universal nature of mankind. For that reason it needs to be studied carefully, with reference to the future.
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