An authorized account of the Civil War; drawn from the diaries of a Southern aristocrat; records the disintegration and final destruction of the Confederacy.
#889842 in Books 2003-10-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x 1.10 x 5.50l; 1.07 #File Name: 0299193047448 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I remember 1966 (the year this book was published) pretty well.By Der SchlusselClear; well written and as pertinent today as it was in 1966. I'm especially interested in how many of today's far right politics seem to be just blurred; mirror images of the mainstream political "facts" being propagated in 1930s Nazi Germany. Some of the weirder things accepted by last century's leading Conservative "thinkers" as being proven and accepted baseline can be seen espoused by today's Tea Party. The first thing that comes to mind is the trashing of scientific thought when it came (comes) up against either political desires or ideological boundaries. Cause for pause.I remember 1966 (the year this book was published) pretty well...I passed my driver's license test that year. I also remember how civics and other politically related teaching was presented and the slant it took; at least in a very small town in Alabama. Surprisingly; I remember it being pretty fair to liberal concepts. I mean; my and everyone else's fathers had served in the Armed Forces in what can be fairly described as a war against evily extreme conservativism run rampant. And the teaching provided in our high school supported those victorious efforts.This book accurately reflects the flavor of that mid-century thinking as it gives it's 1966 audience a fair description of what day-to-day cultural waters the non-Jewish population of Nazi Germany swam in some 30 years previous. It does this; not in hysterical hyperbole; but in measured and thoughtful; historically accurate descriptions of the way it was. And; here's the kicker...; it backs up those conclusions with documents; both public and private; official proclamations and the cultural responses to them. Fascinating.Upon reflection; I think it's more relevant today than it was in 1966. It certainly needs more reading today.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. For a research project; The Armenian Genocide; I ...By Kim N. BanaFor a research project; The Armenian Genocide; Mosse's book; Nazi Culture; truly helped my understanding of the causes of Man's inhumanity towards man.4 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Good research sourceBy Antonio E. JuarezThis was a great source material book for anyone taking an intercultural college or 20th century history course.
