Grant T. Harward, Phd
Award-winning Author
Historian of the Romanian Army, the Eastern Front, and the Holocaust
Books
This book rights the widespread myth that Romania was a reluctant member of the Axis during World War II. Investigating why Romanian soldiers fought and committed such atrocities, the author argues that strong ideology—a cocktail of nationalism, religion, antisemitism, and anticommunism—undergirded their motivation.
Într-un context european marcat de creÈ™terea naÈ›ionalismului È™i a extremismului, cartea „Războiul Sfânt al României. Militarii, motivaÈ›ia È™i Holocaustul” este o lectură esenÈ›ială. Volumul demonstrează consecinÈ›ele dezastruoase ale manipulării ideologice È™i ale urii etnice, subliniind totodată importanÈ›a asumării responsabilității istorice.
The complex and fascinating story of Romania's 'turning of arms' against Nazi Germany, and the battle for Romania - an important but overlooked and misunderstood episode of World War II.
Praise for Romania's Holy War
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Soundly structured, masterfully argued, and utterly unique, Romania's Holy War is the first rigorous history of the motivations of Romanian soldiers during the Second World War.
Dennis Deletant, Georgetown University, author of Hitler's Forgotten Ally
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Grant T. Harward “propune o reevaluare a rolului pe care România l-a jucat în războiul declanÈ™at de Germania nazistă împotriva Uniunii Sovietice la 22 iunie 1941, dintr-o perspectivă mai puÈ›in abordată de istoriografia românească: aceea a motivaÈ›iilor rasiale È™i naÈ›ionaliste care au stat la baza violenÈ›elor comise de trupele româneÈ™ti în teritoriile eliberate din Basarabia È™i nordul Bucovinei”.
Mioara Anton, Institutul de Istorie „Nicolae Iorga", autoarea de Propagandă ÅŸi război
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Romania's Holy War integrates military history into broader stories of interwar Romania and the history of the Holocaust, attending to social and gender history along the way. This astonishing book is sure to generate lively discussion.
Roland Clark, University of Liverpool, author of Holy Legionary Youth
ABOUT GRANT
Grant was born and raised in southern California. He was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Romania from 2005 to 2007. Grant earned a BA in History from Brigham Young University in 2009 and a MSc in the Second World World War in Europe from the University of Edinburgh in 2010. He was an Auschwitz Jewish Center fellow in 2013, a Fulbright student researcher in Romania from 2016 to 2017, and a Norman Raab Foundation fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
Grant received his PhD in History from Texas A&M University in 2018. He then went to work for the US AMEDD (Army Medical Department) Center of History and Heritage from 2018 to 2021 where he also cross trained in archival and museum practices. Grant is currently employed by the US Army Center of Military History. He works on Romanian military history in his spare time.
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| Email: granttharward@gmail.com
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