Mein Kampf

Name: Mein Kampf
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ISBN: 9780395925034

ISBN-10: 0395925037

ISBN-13: 9780395925034

Edition: 1997

Authors: Adolpf Hitler, Abraham Foxman, Ralph Manheim, Konrad Heiden

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In 1922, just four years after the war to end all wars, an unknown Austrian then living in Bavaria planned a pamphlet to be called Settling Accounts. In it he intended to attack the ineffectiveness of the dominant political parties in Germany which were opposed to the new National Socialists (Nazis). In November 1923, Adolf Hitler was jailed for the abortive Munich Beer Hall putsch along with men willing and able to assist him with his writing. With the help of these collaborators, chief among them Rudolf Hess, the pamphlet became a book. Settling Accounts became Mein Kampf, an unparalleled example of muddled economics and history, appalling bigotry, and an intense self-glorification of… Adolf Hitler as the true founder and builder of the National Socialist movement. It was written in hate and it contained a blueprint for violent bloodshed. When Mein Kampf was published in 1925, it was a failure. In 1926 a second volume appeared - it was no more successful than the first. People either laughed at it or ignored it. They were wrong to do so. As Hitler's power increased, pressure was put on all party members to buy the book. Gradually this pressure was extended to all elements of the German population. Soon Mein Kampf was even being passed out to newlywed couples as a gift. Ironically, and frighteningly, by the time Hitler came to power on January 30, 1933, what has been considered by many to be the most satanic book ever written was running neck and neck with the Bible at the top of the German bestseller lists. In his excellent introduction to this definitive American translation of Mein Kampf, Konrad Heiden writes: "For years Mein Kampf stood as proof of the blindness and complacency of the world. For in its pages Hitler announced -- long before he came to power -- a program of blood and terror in a self-revelation of such overwhelming frankness that few among its readers had the courage to believe it ... That such a man could go so far toward realizing his ambitions, and -- above all -- could find millions of willing tools and helpers; that is a phenomenon the world will ponder for centuries to come." We would be wrong in thinking that such a program, such a man, and such appalling consequences could not reappear in our world of the present. We cannot permit our selves the luxury of forgetting the tragedy of World War II or the man who, more than any other, fostered it. Mein Kampf must be read and constantly remembered as a specimen of evil demagoguery that people whenever men grow tired of thinking and acting for themselves. Mein Kampf is a blueprint for the age of chaos. It transcends in historical importance any other book of the present generation. In his translation Ralph Manheim has taken particular care to give an exact English equivalent of Hitler's highly individual, and often awkward style, including his occasional grammatical errors. We believe this book should stand as the complete, final, and definitive English version of Hitler's own story of his life, his political philosophy, and his thwarted plans for world domination. Translated by Ralph Manheim with an introduction by Konrad Heiden. A compilation of Hitler's most famous prison writings of 1923--the bible of National Socialism and the blueprint for the Third Reich.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 9/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Translator's Note


Introduction




A Reckoning



In the House of My Parents



Years of Study and Suffering in Vienna



General Political Considerations Based on My Vienna Period



Munich



The World War



War Propaganda



The Revolution



The Beginning of My Political Activity



The 'German Workers' Party'



Causes of the Collapse



Nation and Race



The First Period of Development of the National Socialist German Workers' Party



The National Socialist Movement



Philosophy and Party



The State



Subjects and Citizens



Personality and the Conception of the Folkish State



Philosophy and Organization



The Struggle of the Early Period -- the Significance of the Spoken Word



The Struggle with the Red Front



The Strong Man Is Mightiest Alone



Basic Ideas Regarding the Meaning and Organization of the SA



Federalism as a Mask



Propaganda and Organization



The Trade-Union Question



German Alliance Policy after the War



Eastern Orientation or Eastern Policy



The Right of Emergency Defense


Conclusion


Index