Romania's holy war soldiers, motivation, and the Holocaust
Grant T. Harward
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- Battlegrounds: Cornell studies in military history .
Ideology of holy war -- Army culture, inter-war politics, and neutrality -- 1940-1941: from neutral to Axis -- 1941: holy war and Holocaust -- 1941-1942: holy war and final fictory -- 1942-1944: holy war of defense -- Propaganda and discipline -- Women and minorities
"This book explores what motivated the Romanian Army to fight alongside the German Army, and participate in the Holocaust, on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, emphasizing ideology (nationalism, religion, antisemitism, and anti-communism) as the primary factor and propaganda and strict discipline as secondary factors"--
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