Table of Contents

Table of contents - 6 Preface - 8 Introduction: German historians and the Allied bombings - 12 1. Putting the Allies on trial - 32 2. Dresden and the Cold War - 110 3. A Past becomes History - 170 4. “Imperialist Air War” - 216 5. Breaking taboos - 272 Conclusion: The Allied bombings as a German catastrophe - 340 Nederlandstalige samenvatting - 362 Abbreviations - 368 Bibliography - 370 Periodicals - 371 Publications - 372

About the Author

Bas von Benda-Beckmann is affiliated with the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam.