How did the Nazis gain power in Germany?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-carter-hett-death-of-democracy.html

by josephby • 8 years ago

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mkempe2• 8 years ago

I recommend "The Ominous Parallels" [1] for a detailed examination of the philosophical and historical causes of Nazi Germany, and how these causes have echoes resonating in the US today.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-End-Freedom-America...

(the now-flagged book review was https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/books/review/benjamin-car...)

dominotw• 8 years ago

Is it a book version of Goodwin's law?

mkempe2• 8 years ago

Your anti-intellectualism fits with the times.

petermcneeley• 8 years ago

This is covered by the first episode of the World at War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4g4ZZNC1E

josephby• 8 years ago

That’s an amazing, if terrifying mini series that I finally watched earlier this year.

jadedhacker• 8 years ago

Robert Paxton's five stages of fascism, a classic read: http://pryan2.kingsfaculty.ca/pryan/assets/File/Paxton's%205...

sincerely• 8 years ago

Similarly, Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism": http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

captain_perl• 8 years ago

The short answer is, "the same way that Trump did."

To learn more, I recommend reading the excellent post link.

emmelaich2• 8 years ago

Let us know the equivalent of the Beer Hall Putsch or the Reichstag Fire. And Trump did win the election.

pdfernhout• 8 years ago

The 1953 short-story "Mr. Costello, Hero" by Theodore Sturgeon provides a fictional example of someone using the fear of difference to gain control of other people (although in response to McCarthyism, a brave thing for an author to write at the time).

emmelaich2• 8 years ago

Recommended: Ian Kershaw's books on Hitler.

https://www.amazon.com/Hitler-Ian-Kershaw-ebook/dp/B00BJIMCA...

How did the Nazis gain power in Germany?

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