However I recently noticed that you are happy to continue the discussion on Amazon, what's the matter Phylo scared of a bit of robust discussion. If happy to do it on Amazon then lets do it here too!!
What a lie. You have deleted any discussion of this book on Feldgrau for what could only be obvious reasons. If you want to comment on Amazon under an assumed name then at least have the courage to put Sid's review back up for discussion.Scot, there's been a lot of discussion of this book on Feldgrau, and the thesis it's based on. It does seem that his characterisation of the Waffen-SS as "evil" down to the individual level does seem to fly in the face of the legal precedent set by the International Military tribunal at Nuremberg, when the SS and W-SS were judged to be criminal organisations - but MEMBERSHIP was not criminal. So he makes a tad free with his characterisation of them as "criminals" and "evil"; there was me thinking noone was a "criminal" until PROVEN GUILTY of something...which Terry should after all know! In fact - the IMT's adjudication on the criminality of the Waffen-SS indicates that responsibility moves UPWARDS - not downwards to the individual; THAT sort of "Collective guilt" or "Sippenhaft" was after all one of the factors in the Nazi's characterisation of the Jews and their "folk guilt"....so IF Terry is saying it applies to the Waffen-SS TOO, against normal Western jurisprudence - then is he saying that the Nazis' idea of "sippenhaft" was - right??? That's a HELL of a legal tort he's tied himself up in!
You have embarrassed yourself by your comments as they are obvioulsy from someone who has not read the book, I would like to see where in the book I call the Waffen-SS all criminals?? The organisation yes, but you extend this to the individual, perhaps you should understand the notion of group responsibility before you launch into an uniformed comment.
And finally I find it amazing that supposed "moderators" take such an active role in discussions, it's like the referee kicking the ball for one side, moderatoring your are not!!!
Lets see how long this post lasts for.
Terry