false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg 65458 28 What was it about Germany that made the rise of Adolf Hitler and his murderous regime possible? That troubling question has occupied many fine minds over the last six decades, few more lucid and thoughtful than the late historian and journalist Sebastian Haffner. In this book, drawn from a manuscript he did not live to complete, Haffner examines the social and cultural conditions that made Germany ill-equipped for democracy and ripe for totalitarianism. Among these, Haffner writes, were a generational war between an apathetic adult population and a youth "familiar with nothing but political clamor, sensation, anarchy, and the dangerous lure of irresponsible numbers games"; a fatal fondness for the winner-and-loser dichotomy of sports and a rage for spectacle and entertainment; a resignation through which ordinary people came to "adapt to living with clenched teeth, in a manner of speaking," rather than stand up in protest. In that climate, Haffner--who left Germany just before World War II broke out--suggests, Nazism was almost an inevitability, against which he, too, tried to withdraw into "a small, secure, private domain," like so many others of his time and place. An important eyewitness account, Haffner's book deepens our understanding of how small missteps can lead to tragic ends, and how nations can be led into chaos. <I>--Gregory McNamee</I> 2111278 1978 Defying Hitler: A Memoir total:140|5:51|4:61|3:24|2:3|1:1| 140 578 200 21 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 04:56:16 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 05:23:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 03:47:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 03:49:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 4 1 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 25 06:58:47 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 07:04:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 4 0 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 07 15:03:02 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 15:09:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1438876 0786191414 9780786191413 4 1 4.13 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1438876.Defying_Hitler 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 31 20:05:12 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 20:09:51 -0800 2008 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 4 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 17:39:32 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:20:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 65458 0312421133 9780312421137 102 18 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170633709m/65458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65458.Defying_Hitler_A_Memoir 3 0 false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 16:47:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 14:46:52 -0700 2008 Still, I have cerain reservations. 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