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The Charisma Of Adolf Hitler (2012)

by Laurence Rees(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0091917638 (ISBN13: 9780091917630)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ebury Press

review 1: One of the truly great mysteries of the twentieth century is how the German people followed Hitler into a moral abyss. How did such a cultured nation become the epitome of evil during the 1930’s and 1940’s? This book sets out to answer the question.Author Laurence Rees does a masterful job of explaining how Hitler used the concept of the “slippery slope” to anesthetize the German people into committing/condoning horrific acts that only years before would have seemed unimaginable. For example, the forced sterilization of mentally ill patients leading to the euthanasia of newborn infants with mental or physical handicaps, the breakdown of all Christian religion to be replaced with a focus on the religion of the Fatherland. Throughout the later years of the 1930�... more��s the German’s were led (and willingly followed) by a man utterly incapable of discussion or compromise. It is interesting to note that the leaders of Britain and France could not believe that the German nation was being led by a dangerous, mentally ill tyrant. Shortly before the outbreak of the war, it seems that most right thinking people thought that surely someone would step in and save the world from the abyss of a world war. As Edmund Burke has been quoted many times before, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing”. There is no clearer case in history to which apply this truism. The book is extremely well written and gives a clear picture of those around Hitler and how they responded (or didn’t respond) to his evil. I must say that at several points in the book I had to stop reading, as the description of the march towards the death of over 60 million people worldwide become unstoppable. I believe though that it is an important book to read, that everyone should be aware of what one man is capable of and how a society can be led so far from their innate sense of morality.
review 2: Livre richement documenté sur le pouvoir charismatique de Adolf Hitler. Qu'est-ce qu'était le charisme de ce petit homme moustachu qui jouait sur l'imagination de son auditoire avec une force théâtrale hors du commun ? Il n'en reste pas moins que ce charisme s'est vite étiolé à cause de son incapacité à prendre en compte les autres et sa folie auto-convaincante : "Le charisme existe seulement dans l'interaction entre un individu et un auditoire réceptif, et les échecs répétés et les promesses non tenues avaient sérieusement portés atteinte à sa séduction charismatique, non seulement dans la population générale, mais parmi nombre de ses plus proches partisans."Adolf Hitler ? Un fétu de paille qui a fait sérieusement mal par où il est passé. less

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