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Summary: Briliance in Adolf Hitler?
Review: Mien Kampf is an interesting, Maciavelian look into the thoughts of one of the worlds most hated and loved men. Adolf Hitler expresses his excellent points and views on the twisted world we live in, it also dives into his past an experiences in this cruel world. Hitler talks of the flaws of society and how one person is good, yet people are bad. He disects his personal teenage and adult hood experiences and makes a point of it, such as nationalism, how History is an improtant factor and should be studied although we can never really find absolute "truth" (DON'T BE NHILISTIC! ), How society is heavily weighted towards the rich and how the hard working man or woman ends up with the short end of the stick. He explains his art of reading, and his massive intrest in politics. He also goes into trade unions and the politics wrapped and weaved within. He was an avid patriot of his home country, Germany, he talks and talks about his country, and the flaws in the war and the alliances within. He was a very educated and very deep in his thoughts, He was a very smart man, untill he decided to attempt to take over the world. after all he demonstrated once more that the greatest form of consealment is the broadest of publicity.
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Summary: Not Really a Good Book!
Review: This book seems to be written by some philosoher named "Adoplh Hitler". First of all, the book is way too long. Secondly, you begin to wonder where the author gets all these ideas! He has some sort of "germ theory" about the human race. I don't mean genetics. But his complete obsession with the Jews. He creates a road map where the Jews step in and take over a country. Then they make friends with everybody. And then they begin to acquire the country that they habitate. The big question is, "Where did this gentleman get his facts?" He seems to have made it all up in his head without any basis of fact except for perhaps his own life experiences. He comes up with some good ideas. Such as increased physical education in the school systems. And also increased courage and will power. But he just falls to pieces periodically. All of his ideas. They don't come together into any coherent whole. He goes into such incredible details about how the Jew takes over. a), b), c), and so forth. But he literally gives no concrete examples. It's as if he is living out a comic book. Worse yet, it's as if he created the comic book. And after awhile, it is (need I say it) just plain boring. Don't buy it unless you want to get terribly confused without any purpose (Note: Written with the sole purpose of how this book review would appear if I knew nothing about the Holocaust - it is boring and ridiculous - only buy it if you are an historian. It's better to read about Hitler than to read Hitler obviously).
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Summary: Essential History
Review: Only a fool would ignore this book. It is essential reading for anyone studying history or politics. You don't have to agree with it; you don't have to like it; but you absolutely cannot speak seriously about the subject unless you have read it.The book itself is poorly written: tedious, turgid and verbose. The struggle, if there is one, is ours as we slog from cover to cover. The political philosophy it presents is archaic, medieval, gothic, and, like a vampire, quickly dies when exposed to sunlight. The most disturbing aspect of this book is how well it reflects the underlying nature of tribalism, nationalism and socialism. These three terrible sisters, that reached maturity in the twentieth-century, are now old and toothless. What frightens me is to see their wrinkled hands reaching for the cradle of the twenty-first.
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Summary: Mein Kampf
Review: Definently an interesting work, a glimpse into the mind of the man who brought nazi-germany to power, and his plans for the world. The third reich's campaign brought the nazis to a war the would engulf the entire globe, and bring death to over 35 million worldwide. I would highly recommend history-buffs like myself, and anyone who has a particular interest in wwII or Nazi Germany to read this book, it brings to perspective hitler's plans for the world, and a slight peek at the character behind the leader of the third reich that will never be forgotten.
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Summary: You don't need to read this book!
Review: ....Historians should read Shirer's biography or "Rise andFall of the Third Reich". The problem with this whole"Hitler in his own words" thing is that this isn't an organized manifesto at all. It doesn't even qualify as a decent rant. It reads like what it is, a transcribed series of demented monologes dictated by *der Adolf* while he was cooling his heels in jail after the failed Munich *putsch*. Sure it's all in there, the Holocaust, the war, the whole schmeer, but who can wade through the morass of turgid prose to find it? Who would want to? Imagine reading a transcript of fifty drunken, disjointed, endless *speils* by your racist old uncle against Jews, bankers, Communists and whoever else he had decided to hate that day. That's what it's like--no, it's worse, imagine if the transcript had been translated from German. Whatever your reasons for wanting to read "Mein Kampf", there are better uses for your time.
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Summary: One Has to Appreciate this Book...
Review: Adolf Hitler was one of the most loved men of the 20th Century. In "Mein Kampf" we learn about the author's childhood, the collapse of Germany in 1918, the founding of his National Socialist German Worker's Party and the abortive Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 which sent Adolf Hitler to Landsberg Prison where he wrote his famous book. The author goes into detail on policy questions which will later be realized just before and during the Second World War. The book is said to be very prophetic in that sense. Any rumors of the difficulty in reading the work or the poor writing are false; it is easy to read and highly interesting. In short, this book is a must for those wishing to gain a more thorough understanding of German National Socialism and its creator.
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Summary: The thoughts of simple hate?
Review: When I read MEIN KAMPF(in the following MK) some weeks ago for the first time, I saw that all the trouble about this book is nothing but nonsense. MK is a book about the thoughts, ideology and fanatism of a man, whose horrible madness brought the second World War. I cannot understand, why a book like MK is a kind of bible for some people. It is terribly written, full of grammatical and orthographical errors; the most terrible German I have ever read. Because of being a history student, I can only see an advantage of reading this "work of art"; only to understand the ideas that made the ideology of the WWII. This book is worth to be bought only, when the background is known. Without the background, this book is nothing but dirt, just the thoughts of a madman. The only right way to use this "thing" is to read it together with books like Winston Churchill's "The Second World War" and the Hitler biographies by Joachim Fest or Ian Kershaw.
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Summary: Or maybe 5 stars...
Review: I've been to the concentration camps in Poland. I've seen various movies, including "Night and Fog," "Triumph of the Will," "Schindler's List," and "The Diary of Anne Frank." I've read all sorts of books ("Night" by Weisel being my book of choice in that genre). I am an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn who grew up with the monolithic Holocaust casting a dark shadow over many aspects of my childhood and adolescence. However, I never fully appreciated the terror and horror that was Adolph Hitler on an intellectual level until I read this book. I felt the emotions. I had many experiences. But I still could not understand. I give absolutely no credit to Hitler's "genius" or to his so called "leadership skills." However, as a result of this book, the evil inherent in his little smirk, his deep eyes, and that small mustache has become much more tangible. Therefore, while personally this book had I guess what you can call a positive effect, I cannot with a clean conscience recommend this book to anybody. Despite this, we must never forget. Never forget.
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Summary: 4 stars for historical significance...
Review: I state the reason for my rating because, while this is the idealogy of an evil man, objectively it is an extremely important historical document that cannot be overlooked. It is important to realize that from the outside looking in, the results of certain philosophies are so terrible that we often refuse to examine them beyond the death and destruction. The truth is, however, that there is a thought process in bigotry, eugenics, etc. Though it is indeed logically flawed, it is still an ethical duty for all to look at the literature and philosophies that result in a very human evil.
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Summary: A black hole in the history of mankind
Review: I read this book out of curiosity. Hitler sure knew his way with words. I sometimes had to stop reading and go take a look at the mirror, to be sure it is me, that he was talking about. I am that awful jew... Hitler was the head, the planner and the executer of the biggest genocide since we started walking on two. it is a shame for all of us that there are people who are still believe in his theory. will we ever learn?
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