Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The death of democracy: Hitler's rise to power


Author: Benjamin Carter Hett

Publisher: London : William Heinemann, 2018

Annotation: This award winning book of the year nonfiction is a tell-tell story to history's past what happened in Germany during Weimar Republic, a period in Germany between the end of World War I and the Nazi Party and Hitler's seizure of power in 1933. The book is based on award winning research and recently discovered archival materials. It tried to shed a light on issues like How a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power ?. The narrative provides a good example of what happens to a nation when a liberal democracy fails and capitalism rises, what are the aspiration of middle class people, did they really choice Adolf Hitler or they simply choose an economic self-sufficient nation which gave power to their voice through Nazi propaganda and their leader whose took the path of authoritarian dictatorship.  

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