Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power

New York New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. book club edition hardcover. Hardcover. Fair/fair. book fairly good condition however the dust cover has a lot of edge wear, many small tears around the top and bottom none of which inhibit its use, spine straight edges of pages clean this is a hardcover book measuring approximately Book Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches 400 pages Since I am not a thrift shop, have no minions, am not a megastore, my books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I make it least a small profit to cover my time, and costs and efforts. Sometimes an amazingly small profit... Shipped Media mail via USPS, since we use the United States Post to fulfill your order, keeping it all in the Postal Family......, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system... Your purchase helps a middle aged college girl buy more books and the occasional pedicure. .. a dental visit or two.... .synopsis .Hitlers rise to power, Germanys march to the abyss, as seen by Americansdiplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athleteswho watched horrified and up close. Some of the Americans in Hitlers Germany were merely casual observers, others deliberately blind, a few were Nazi apologists. But most began slowly to understand what was unfolding, even when they found it difficult to grasp the breadth of the catastrophe. Among the journalists, William Shirer understood what was happening. Edgar Mowrer, Dorothy Thompson, and Sigrid Schultz, reporters, were alarmed. Consul General George Messersmith distinguished. Truman Smith, the first American official to meet Hitler, was an astute political observer. Historian William Dodd, who FDR tapped as ambassador in Berlin, left disillusioned; his daughter Martha scandalized the embassy with her procession of lovers, Nazis she took up with; she ended as a Soviet spy. These Americans helped their reluctant countrymen begin to understand Nazi Germany as it ruthlessly eliminated political opponents, instilled hatred of Jews and anyone deemed a member of an inferior race, and readied its military and its people for a war for global domination. They helped prepare Americans for the years of struggle ahead. Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power Author Andrew Nagorski Edition illustrated Publisher Simon and Schuster, 2012 ISBN 143919100X, 9781439191002 Length 385 pages Subjects History Europe General History / Europe / General History / Europe / Germany History / General History / Military / World War II History / Modern / 20th Century
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