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Summary: even more disturbing than the content of this book...
Review: ...i found to be certain "readers" who posted their reviews below. which i think further reinforces the point that all sane, reasonable people should indeed read this piece of garbage to be able to realize that great evil can still rise up somewhere and spoil it for the rest of us. if you dont believe me, just scroll down the list of reviews for this book to read the reviews of those few (but still existent!) who actually wholeheartedly praise the beliefs of the madman author of this book. we owe it to our kids not to allow the likes of these "people" to attempt to repeat what the subject of their admiration achieved half a century ago.
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Summary: As Riveting as it is Disturbing
Review: While Many people have jumped to criticize this book, either from a literary point of view or an ethical one, my area of intrest and expertise was in the impact and lasting impression of Mein Kampf. While anyone can mention the horrors of Hitler's reign, Mein Kampf gives the reader an insight into how Hitler became so spiteful with the State of Post War Germany. Filled with insightful (and at often times, somewhat accurate in their approach)criticism, Hitler truly struggles against the German sheepherd. He is a warrior living in the land of the weak, and through his passion, guts and most of all...action, he predicts his rise out of the gutter and into the glory of the German Homeland. It's intresting to me to try to figure out where the facts end and the fiction begins...his criticism, based on patriotic love and zeal often reveal his desire to truly bring Germany back to prewar status as a heroic nation....where blood was truly the fuel of war and bravery. Being exposed to other WWII studies including concentration camps and war strategies, I didn't find this book too utterly shocking. While people of the Jewish heritage might feel resentment to this book (they clearly have the right to), try to remember that this book was written BEFORE WWII, and that might be the most remarkable fact of all...that a man could write a book, predict the future and almost singlehandedly acheive it, at the height of political power with millions to serve him. If nothing else could be learned from this book, learn that 1 person has the God given ability to touch the future, whether he be a force for good or evil. Don't admire Adolf Hitler for what he did when he came to power, admire him for being a single man who may have risen higher and impacted more than anyone in this century. With the combustable discourse of the White Hate movement of today, this book serves as a reminder of the energy and drive of a young man whose time in Vienna, sparked the flame that would impact the world.
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Summary: Pretentious pseudo-science propaganda
Review: Hitler advances several historical and racial theories in this book, none of which he supports with any evidence--because they are in fact false. For example, his discussion of Jewish advisors to German princes, how the princes are gradually corrupted by the Jewish cousnelors, and how they then become hated by the population, how the Jews then suck the life out of the "host nation" has no historical support: Hitler doesn't even present one example of how and when this ever happened. Most of his racial theories are refuted by a simple observation: the eras of great creativity in European history, namely Classical Greece and Renaissance Italy, were produced by highly mixed peoples. Hitler, who adored but totally misunderstood Nietzsche should have read the philosopher better (in fact no evidence exists that Hitler ever read adequately Nietzsche himself): Nietzsche says "All high culture results from a _mixture_ of races." But I'm not going to spend my time exonerating Nietzsche from the Nazi myth here: this task has already been accomplished by respected scholars, viz. Walter Kaufmann.As for Christianity, it is wrong to say Hitler wanted to build Germany on Christian principles or that the Holocaust, Nazism, etc., was caused by Christianity. "One can be a German or one can be a Christian. One cannot be both," said Hitler. The Nazi success was possible because the Christian moral code had been all but destroyed and replaced by Prussian state-worship and Nazi race-worship. Hitler had to fight Christian groups and Christianity (he was _not_ supported by the Pope) and had to subvert them to a Nazi, un-Christian ideology before he could gain complete control. The reviews below my own which imply otherwise are uninformed and are following the propaganda of the Holocaust Museum and other groups who do not seek to inform, but to convince.
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Summary: An important book to read
Review: This book is controversial - scarcely any book more so. It is a preface to events that involved the entire world. As such, almost any interpretation or opinion of it will carry some bias. Therefore, if you want to know what it said, there is little alternative but to read it. Mein Kampf is a large book. Its literary style leaves a lot to be desired - particularly in terms of repetition. I'd worry at even the most ardent Nazi finding it a rivetting read from cover to cover. But that's not the point - who would you trust to abridge it and edit it for stylistic faults, without in the process tainting it with their own subjectivity? Buy this book. Read it. Form your own opinion.
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Summary: Well, not a book i'd recommended but...
Review: This is the true essence of Adolf Hitler, since he represents one of the darkest hours in human history this is a book you should read, but be aware, do not mind the style or concepts, I think Hitler only tried to put in his own words the feelings of many germans, not all of course, and not that all germans agreed with that, but for that moment Mein Kampf was the exarcebation of passions risen as a consequence of WWI
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Summary: Hitlers views exposed
Review: Mein kampf roughly translated means my struggle. but how can a man who knows only hatered know anything about a struggle. in this in depth review of his life events he trys to portray his life as one of many inner tormoils. in the 600 or so pages he explicitly made his views known about the jewish community. not being jewish i read this book with an open mind and a huge curiosity about a book that has caused so much trouble. this book however should NOT be read by anyone who i sthe least bit sensitive to the subject matter portrayed. Hitler sees "jewism" as a plauge and he thinks and feels its the jews that bring his country down. His own inner stuggle comes to light in comments he makes such as " i free the world of all that is jewish so that i do the work of the almighty". His fears are well shown as well as his insecurities. i would recomend this book to anyone whith an open mind to just how sick our society has become.
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Summary: A Blueprint for Nazi Atrocities
Review: This book is scary. It provides a blueprint for Nazi atrocities, and EVERYTHING HE WROTE ABOUT HAPPENED. For example, on the very first page, he "predicts" the Anschluss of Austria and the annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, and the invasion of Poland in 1939. He doesn't come right out and specify these particular countries, but anyone who knows their history will know exactly what he is talking about. Further along in the book, in the chapter titled "Nation and Race," he tells us that the Holocaust is going to happen. If you look up reviews of _Mein Kampf_ written when the book was first published in English, you will see that the readers at that time thought Hitler was just some crackpot who didn't need to be taken seriously. I wish that the world had paid more attention to this book; perhaps we could have avoided the devastation of World War II and the horrors of the Holocaust.
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Summary: A Plea for Tolerance
Review: To understand this book, you must first know its historical context. To call this book stupid and the author a maniac is quite a benighted judgment. I suggest that you first read The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich by William Shirer before reading this book. It gives you much of the historical context, and although some of Hitler's ideas may have been unreasonable, certainly by reading this book we understand a very important time period in world history. As Kant once said, "Dare to know!" Use your own judgment and don't take the opinions of everyone else so seriously.
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Summary: Did Something Get Lost in Translation?
Review: I cannot read, write, or speak German, so I am at a serious disadvantage when trying to evaluate Hitler's writing or speaking ability. Assuming, however, that the English translation is accurate, I cannot see how this maniacal idiot could have captivated otherwise intelligent and industrious people. I guess the Great Depression did strange things to people. I knew someone who escaped from Germany in the 1930's, and I asked him once, "What did Hitler say in those speeches that had everyone transfixed?" His response: "Nothing at all, if you thought about 15 minutes later."
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Summary: purveyor of fine literature
Review: Having read this book several times, I must admit that it is certainly one or perhaps the greatest books of the 20th century. As such, it comes as no surprise that its wide distribution rivaled that of the bible if not surpassed it for a period. While for many it may be difficult reading at first, some thinking that there are constant repetitions or odd sometimes mixed analogies, one needs only to realize that this type of artistic style merely reflects the newspaper literature of the time in this area. Obviously for the more fortunate, the original German version is the best read. Much is always lost in translation. If one realizes that this book was purchased by people all over the world at the time of its writing and people found great interest in its content, it comes as no surprise that this intense treatise is still of great interest to people all over the world today. This book written by the infamous Austrian author, Hitler, is a must read for everyone. Tis' nature, all will come out of this book with varying reactions. But I assume this is what the Austrian author had in mind. And he most certainly succeeded in this.
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