I like to claim that my thesis found in "Weft Over Warp" takes a very different and controversial take on WWII.
(But of course, authors - and above all, historians - are expected to claim their work says something totally new and totally provocative.)
So here it goes : I think you will agree that our conventional view of WWII focuses on its act of evil - as if to say it was six years of unrelenting evil sandwiched between two longer periods of peace and good will.
My take is that before, during and after WWII , the modern world was so dominated by selfishness and self-centredness that it was the unnoticed norm and that what now really stands out about WWII, 75 years after the event, were the rare -bright/shining/unexpected - examples of noble selflessness.
(But of course, authors - and above all, historians - are expected to claim their work says something totally new and totally provocative.)
So here it goes : I think you will agree that our conventional view of WWII focuses on its act of evil - as if to say it was six years of unrelenting evil sandwiched between two longer periods of peace and good will.
My take is that before, during and after WWII , the modern world was so dominated by selfishness and self-centredness that it was the unnoticed norm and that what now really stands out about WWII, 75 years after the event, were the rare -bright/shining/unexpected - examples of noble selflessness.
