In his book, Drechsler is credited with being the first to label the Herero-Nama killings as genocide, showing its importance to the field. However, as discussed previously, this idea and concept of genocide is new and not fully developed in academia. This notion of genocide is reflective of Drescher's work, where the term is mentioned yet not elaborated fully. Portraying genocide instead as more of a concept of ruthless brutality and mass killings, then to a definition of systematic extermination. Drechsler influence of communism further becomes a form of weakness when assessing his argument and reputation. Many historians such as Andreas Eckl critique Drechsler writing as “communist propaganda,” and disregard his association of German colonialism
