cover image Why Did the Heavens Not Darken

Why Did the Heavens Not Darken

Arno J. Mayer. Pantheon Books, $15.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-72899-3

Mayer ``claims that the Nazi genocide of six million Jews was not inevitable, and that the Jews became scapegoats marked for annihilation only after Hitler's crusade against the Soviet Union ran aground.'' His controversial, massive reassessment of Nazism ``is sometimes challenging, but he overstates his arguments and uses evidence selectively,'' reported PW. (Mar.)