The Second World War was the defining event of the twentieth
century, leaving millions dead and redrawing the political map in
ways that continue to affect nearly the entire human race. What was
unprecedented, however, was not simply the war's scale, but its
causes. Unlike previous territorial or political clashes, the war
launched by Nazi Germany was an ideological one, waged to wipe
entire peoples and cultures from the face of the earth.
In "Nazism and War, " Richard Bessel, one of the preeminent
authorities on the social and political history of modern Germany,
demonstrates how racial hatred was the driving force behind-and not
a by-product of-Nazism. War was the anvil on which Hitler's
worldview was forged; to him, war was "the most memorable period of
my life," and "all the past fell away into oblivion." German
National Socialism was born in war, emerging triumphant over a
country deeply scarred by defeat and eager to reclaim its greatness
and to punish those who had usurped it. As a political philosophy,
Nazism glorified struggle and conflict, viewing them as the purpose
of a nation and a measure of its overall condition. As a political
movement and state system, Nazism made its ideology real, plunging
the European continent into a war of annihilation and a sea of
blood. Nazism-inseparable from war-destroyed the old Europe, and
thus helped to create the world in which we live.
Incisive, authoritative, and immensely readable, this is an
incendiary and forcefully argued work of scholarship that will rank
with the most influential historical analyses of our time.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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