This might be the second book I read in two years and my erratic book reading happens only during the long wait at the airport lounges and in the flight
As the author confesses towards the end of the book, the publishers had doubts that the book will sell because of the humongous size. But the book went on to be considered as a classic literature on Nazi Germany.
Although it took a long time for me to complete, the book hooked me up. The author was a American correspondent who lived through the time of rise and fall of Nazi party in Germany. His depiction, through painful and meticulous labour and research. The book gives a much accurate depiction and is alarming to the extent where we see some faint similarities to the politics and economics of today
There are so many instances in the book, which has been stuck in my memory. I really feel this should be a book that has to be taught and discussed in our schools
Having said that the author conveniently masks the role and involvement of big time industrialists who yearned for the rise of Nazism. He reduces the whole phenomenon to madness of a few individuals. America is totally not in the picture until it comes to save the world. Russia is a bunch of fumbling idiots who manages to save the world somehow and role of Western European leaders who wanted to cut a deal and even worshipped Germany is not elaborated upon
