Author: ARENDT, HANNAH.
Title: Eichmann in Jerusalem. A Report on the Banality of Evil.
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1963. 1st edition. "When Adolf Eichmann was brougjt to trial in Jerusalem, the eyes of the world were on the courtroom. The drama of his kidnapping, the bitter controversies over jurisdiction, the scope and solemnity of the trial, its passionate undercurrents, racial and political - all these caught the imagination of mankind.. For Dr Arendt, the theatrical courtroom and the performance staged there, with its unexpected villains and buffoons, were only a beginning. With a directness and power of analysis..she goes straight to the issues at stake, ruthlessly dismissing the rhetoric and bluster". Pp.275, owner's details to front free endpaper, toning to endpaper, two newspaper cuttings concerning Eichmann loosely enclosed. Beige cloth, spotting to spine. Dustwrapper has edge wear and a few small edge chips. G+/VG.

Keywords: Hannah Arendt Eichmann Jerusalem Trial Nazi War Crime Evil German Politics Philosophy Jews Jewish Concentration Camp Final Solution Reich Evidence Witnesses Execution 53046 History: : Europe


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