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This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler--who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail.
Beginning with Hitler's early life, Sebastian Haffner probes the historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his character. In examining the inhumanity of a man for whom politics became a substitute for life, he discusses Hitler's bizarre relationships with women, his arrested psychological development, his ideological misconceptions, his growing obsession with racial extermination, and the murderous rages of his distorted mind. Finally, Haffner confronts the most disturbing question of all: Could another Hitler rise to power in modern Germany?Customer Reviews
Rated 5 starsRefreshing Perspective
Haffner offers a fresh perspective on Hitler, about whom most of us WWII buffs think we know a great deal. His major point--that Hitler was, in effect, a self-hating guy who turned his hatred in the end against the country he professed to love--is a very interesting viewpoint and one that can be argued and discussed forever. I'm encouraged to read more by this insightful writer!
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Rated 5 starsPretty brilliant
It's really odd how Haffner has managed to cram so many valuable and unique insights into such a small book. Others have done a good job of reviewing this book already, so I'll just mention that I was particularly impressed with how Haffner explained, without excusing anything, how *rationally* one could have come to support Hitler. His treatment is devastating precisely because he is able to recognize what appeared to be...
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Rated 5 starsRemarkable.
This is the best book on Hitler I've read. Clearly written and articulated, and certainly not the sort of lumbering mess one comes to expect from a Hitler book, Haffner's volume is something that can be finished in an afternoon, but of course, will be thought about for much longer. Haffner is surprisingly even-handed to Hitler, he grants that the man managed a few surprises and triumphs; in fact, he had more-or-less an entire...
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Rated 5 starsWow! Detailed the life of Hitler to a T.
I recommend this book to anyone who is curious about the life of Hitler. This book humbles and humanizes the man who destroyed so many lives. The book is broken up into sections which helps categorize his accomplishments and failures. I chose this book because of the reviews and the reviews were right.
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Rated 5 starsSober analysis of the "WHY?"
Being a German born in the early 1970s, during my time in school and university I read far more than 100 books on the Nazi past, for little children, for bigger children, for youngsters, for adults. Plus tons of articles in newspapers and magazines, special editions of newspapers and magazines, endless TV programms, radio programs etc. In school, with our teacher we visited more than one concentration camp, exhibitions, had...
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