This book is a study in the ethics of war. It is the only work which focuses on the moral dilemmas of resistance and collaboration in Nazi-occupied Europe, including a detailed examination of Jewish resistance. It presents a comprehensive guide to the harrowing ethical choices that confronted people in response to the German doctrine of collective responsibility: reprisal killings and hostage-taking. Also included: discussion of violations of the Laws of War (especially torture) by the resistance.
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RAB BENNETT is Senior Lecturer in Politics and currently lectures on The Ethics of War and The Holocaust at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has taught at University College, Swansea and University of Liverpool.
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Acknowledgements Prefatory Quotations Introduction Myths & Realities of Resistance The Moral Grey Zone: Collaboration Moral Choices in Occupied Europe German Security Policy & the Moral Dilemmas of Resistance Collective Responsibility & the Responsibility of Resistance Jewish Resistance/Jewish Collaboration Jewish Resistance & the Dilemma of Collective Responsibility SOE and British Moral Responsibility for Resistance Conclusion Index of Atrocities, Hostage & Reprisal Killings General Index