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Jun 28, 2017Janice21383 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Popular wisdom holds that someone invoking Hitler, or the Nazis* (in an argument not directly about Hitler or Nazis) automatically loses the argument -- the comparisons are that tired, cliched, and emotionally blackmailing. But if you know your facts about this era of history, you may well win that argument. There are so many obvious parallels to today's events, or to any future conflict involving humans. Shirer did not have the benefit of modern hindsight, or access to all present-day sources. However, he not only lived at that time and swooped in in later years as a war correspondent, as many writers did; he also was a reporter in Germany since 1933, and knew many average Germans before, during and after the Nazi era. If his book can't dissolve the myths that have grown up about it, nothing can. A word about views that may not sit well with a modern audience: I believe the commenters are talking about the book's take on Ernst Roehm and homosexuals in the Nazi party. Before the reader is too disapproving: they are simply dated and not particularly relevant remarks about these men, rather than offensive to homosexuals in general. * see also: Godwin's Law