R. M. Douglas is associate professor of history, Colgate University. He is the author of four previous books, including most recently Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtiri na hAiseirghe and the Fascist "New Order" in Ireland.
Orderly and Humane is an outstanding and well-written workthat
fills a significant gap in books written in English about this
large subject and the very period of its compass. It ought to be in
every serious American library and should be required reading for
scholars interested in the history of the end of the Second World
War and the years thereafter in Europe. John Lukacs, author of The
Future of History and Five Days in London, May 1940--John
Lukacs"
"This is an important book, deserving of the widest readership."
Max Hastings, Sunday Times--Max Hastings"Sunday Times"
(08/05/2012)"
[T]he most thorough study available of the largest expulsion of a
people in human history . . . [a] scrupulous reconstruction . . .
authoritative; Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic--Benjamin Schwarz"The
Atlantic" (09/01/2012)"
Douglas, a historian at Colgate, offers the most thorough study
available of the largest expulsion of a people in human history and
by far the most horrific instance in post-war Europe of what is now
called ethnic cleansing: the forcible transfer of at least 12
million ethnic Germans, mostly women and children from Eastern and
Central Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. The result
is an authoritative analysis of an episode that, contrary to
McCormick's prediction, has utterly failed to penetrate the popular
historical memory.. Benjamin Schwarz, The Atlantic, Named one of
the Books of the Year 2012--Benjamin Schwarz"The Atlantic"
(11/01/2012)"
R.M. Douglas has written a fair-minded, deeply researched and
courageous book that carefully demystifies the claims and
accusations surrounding the awful history of the expulsion of the
ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe.A first-rate work, Orderly and
Humane compels us to admit that the postwar expulsions were not
simply a regrettable accident but a deliberate policy of ethnic
cleansing on a breathtaking scale that decisively shaped postwar
Europe s history. William I. Hitchcock, author of The Bitter Road
to Freedom: The Human Consequences of Allied Victory in World War
II Europe--William I. Hitchcock"
R.M. Douglas has written a serious book that deserves the serious
commitment it takes to read it." John B. Saul, The Seattle
Times
--John B. Saul"The Seattle Times" (07/29/2002)"
"R.M. Douglas has written a serious book that deserves the serious
commitment it takes to read it."--John B. Saul, The Seattle
Times
--John B. Saul"The Seattle Times" (07/29/2002)
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