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Was Hitler a Riddle?

Western Democracies and National Socialism

Abraham Ascher
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Pages
256
Year
2012
Language
English
Publisher
Stanford University Press

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Was Hitler A Riddle? is the first comparative study of how British, French, and American diplomats serving in Germany assessed Hitler and the Nazi movement. These assessments provided the governments in London, Paris, and Washington with ample information about the ruthlessness of the authorities in Germany and of their determination to conquer vast stretches of Europe. Had the British, French, and American leaders acted on this information and taken measures to rein in Hitler, the history of the twentieth century would have been far less bloody: the second world war might well have been avoided, the Soviet Union would not have expanded into central and eastern Europe, and the world would have been spared the Cold War.

Related Subjects

  • Germany
  • Europe
  • History
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Diplomacy
  • International Relations
  • Political Science
  • General
  • 20th Century
  • Modern

Reviews

"A vast majority…probably assume that the leaders of Great Britain, France, and the United States simply did not know what was happening in the early years of the Third Reich, much less understand it. Abraham Ascher's concise book Was Hitler a Riddle? definitely dispels this explanation. In what can only be described as a model of how properly to write scholarly history aimed at a broader audience
History: Reviews of New Books
"This is a pioneering work of great importance."
Walter Laqueur
"Ascher takes on in a most intelligent manner an after-the-fact evaluation of Adolf Hitler's decision-making process prior to the outbreak of World War II…The quality of the critique and the book's readability warrant its inclusion in an academic collection as well as a synagogue library that serves a highly literate congregation."
Association of Jewish Libraries

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