2015考研英语阅读书评大屠杀_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读书评大屠杀

　　本书题目中所造的词语是其主题的浓缩。血染之地就是指从黑海至波罗的海这片土地，在这片土地上，欧洲最杀人如麻的政权犯下了最为残暴的恶行。这片血染之地夹在两个恶魔般的计划之间：阿道夫-希特勒的种族优越思想和东扩的念头，以及苏联按共产主义模式再造世界的强烈欲望。这就意味着对于那些与这两个计划的格格不入的人，就要被枪毙、饿死或用毒气毒死。就像斯大林将社会主义集体化的失败归咎于农民身上那样，希特勒把在东方的军事失败归咎于犹太人。正如Snyder所说，故斯大林和希特勒的暴政是有着某些共同之处的，他们都带来灾难，归罪他们的自己所指的敌人，然后用数百万人死亡的代价来证明他们的政策是必要或理想的。二人都建立了变种的乌托邦，当发现政策根本不现实时，就归咎于一群人，然后就可以把大屠杀政策宣称为一场虚假的胜利了。

　　Mr Snyder s book is revisionist history of the best kind: in spare, closely argued prose, withmeticulous use of statistics, he makes the reader rethink some of the best-known episodesin Europe s modern history. For those who are wedded to the simplistic schoolbook notionsthat the Hitlerites were the mass murderers and the Soviets the liberators, or that the killingstarted in 1939 and ended in 1945, Mr Snyder s theses will be thought-provoking orshocking. Even those who pride themselves on knowing their history will find themselvesrepeatedly brought up short by his insights, contrasts and comparisons. Some ghastly butwell-known episodes recede; others emerge from the shadows.