I started reading it about 20 years ago, but man, Mr. Hitler was such a whiner, I think I only made it through the first 2 chapters. Does anyone know how it ends???
shareIn the 3rd paragraph he's already whining about Jews.
I attempted to read it a few years ago, but it's too long and I didn't have any time.
I read it as a young boy. I’m a dorky history nerd and history is really fascinating to me.
Even when I was young and stupid Hitler’s mania was pretty evident.
It was garbage writing but for history nerds it’s a good insight into the mind of a dangerous narcissist.
maybe i should give it a try. i've always been more interested in the nazi influences than Hitler himself. i just put Madison Grant's "passing of the great race" on my Nook. the book Hitler said was his new bible. i'll see how far i can get before i throw it against the wall :)
i always found the early progressive era fascinating, yet, terrifying that the US's intelligentsia bears responsibility for social darwinism's impact on nazi theology.
and i wonder if the 1950's religious revival was due to embarrassment of our academia, as those thought leaders were shunned, and not just war fatigue or red scare that i usually hear.
Interesting. The progressive era was in some ways refreshingly open-minded & experimental regarding the role of government, industry & the possibilities for the social contract. But also, a lot of blind-spots - mainly coinciding with the up-tick in jim crow, the popularity of eugenics, prohibition. The progress envisioned was a white race progress. TR was the last President to host a black man in the White House for a good long while.
"and i wonder if the 1950's religious revival was due to embarrassment of our academia, as those thought leaders were shunned, and not just war fatigue or red scare that i usually hear."
Clearly, social science came out of that era significantly discredited by the Germans & Japanese ghastly pseudo-science torture experiments, racial theories justifying genocide. But the human experimentation went rolling merrily along anyway, in the military, prisons, college campuses, etc. You probably know this - Ted Kazinski was mind-fucked by the CIA while a 16 year old freshman at Harvard, and for another 3 years after.
Yes, like many old books, I think it's important to get the perspective of where that guy came from, what the environment was, and why he was frustrated the way he was. Thought it was a good book, not essential
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I have. It's very very boring.
shareprotocols of zion is the better read
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