{"product_id":"birds-of-prey-philip-w-blood-9783838215679","title":"Birds of Prey: Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland","description":"\u003ci\u003eBirds of Prey\u003c\/i\u003e is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Bialowieźa Forest, Poland's national park. The narrative stretches from Ging's palatial lifestyle to the common soldier on the ground killing Jews, partisans, and civilians. Based entirely on previously unpublished sources, the book is the synthesis of six areas of research: Hitler's \u003ci\u003eLuftwaffe\u003c\/i\u003e, the hunt and environmental history, military geography, Colonialism and Nazi \u003ci\u003eLebensraum\u003c\/i\u003e, the Holocaust, and the war in the East. By weaving together a narrative about Hermann Ging, his inner circle, and ordinary soldiers, the book reveals the Nazi ambition to draw together East Prussia, the Bialystok region, and Ukraine into a common eastern frontier of the Greater German state, revealing how the \u003ci\u003eLuftwaffe\u003c\/i\u003e, the German hunt, and the state forestry were institutional perpetrators of \u003ci\u003eLebensraum\u003c\/i\u003e and genocide. Up until now the \u003ci\u003eLuftwaffe\u003c\/i\u003e had not been identified in specific acts of genocide or placed at large scale killings of Jews, civilians, and partisans. This gap in the historical record had been facilitated by the destruction of the \u003ci\u003eLuftwaffe's\u003c\/i\u003e records in 1945. Through a forensic and painstaking process of piecing together scraps of evidence over two decades, and utilizing Geographical Information System software, Philip W. Blood managed to decipher previously obscure reports and expose patterns of Nazi atrocities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip W. Blood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838215672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838215679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.83w x 1.02d","brand":"Philip W. Blood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993102483711,"sku":"9783838215679","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec0ee60c-1a51-4536-8f7d-d8139cdd1951.jpg?v=1683322537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birds-of-prey-philip-w-blood-9783838215679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}