Adolf Hitler And His Terrible Psychology
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...after his suicide in the Berlin Fuhrerbunker, Hitler still haunts the civilized imagination. To this day, his name and memory permit little more than ritual anathema. A storm of abuse greeted the suggestion of the historian A.J.P. Taylor 20 years ago that while Hitler exceeded all others in evil acts, his foreign policy was essentially traditional; and that he had blundered into an unwanted war because Britain and France retreated every time that he pushed. Whatever else may be said, Hitler's career testifies to two lasting truths. One is that "great men"; including those whose magnitude lies in their evildoing, do in fact shape history. This is a hard truth for our age, with its egalitarian prejudices. We sentimentalize the ordinary and extol the accomplishments, real or imagined, of people in the mass. And preconceptions in their favor have been reinforced by the Marxist myth of the proletariat. The second truth is that great historical actors are almost always animated by some compelling vision, for good or evil, often combined with a childish sense of insecurity or marginality. No other force could sufficiently galvanize their titanic will to power. In Hitler's case,...
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