Hitler: Only the World Was Enough Audiobook (Free)

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Adolf Hitler is among the most studied men in history, and yet the main things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms’s main new biography displays, Hitler’s main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the risk of Bolshevism, but that of worldwide capitalism and Anglo-America. Both of these fears drove both his anti-semitism and his dedication to protected the ‘living space’ necessary to survive in a global dominated by the British about Hitler: Only the World Was Plenty of Empire and the United States.

Drawing on new places, Brendan Simms traces the way in which Hitler’s ideology emerged following the First World Battle. AMERICA and the British Empire had been, in his watch, versions for Germany’s very own empire, likewise founded on appropriation of land, racism and violence. Hitler’s aim was to create a likewise global long term for Germany – a country seemingly doomed otherwise not only to irrelevance, but, through emigration and foreign influence, to extinction. His primary concern during the producing cataclysm was not just what he noticed as the clash between German and Jews, or German and Slav, but above all that between Germans and what he called the ‘Anglo-Saxons’. In the end only dominance of the world would have been more than enough to accomplish Hitler’s objectives, and it ultimately needed a coalition of virtually the whole planet to defeat him.

Brendan Simms’s fresh book is the first to describe Hitler’s beliefs fully, demonstrating how, as ever, it is ideas that are the ultimate source of the most murderous behaviour.

Adolf Hitler is among the most studied men in history, however the main things we think that we realize about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms’s main new biography displays, Hitler’s main preoccupation was not, as widely thought, the risk of Bolshevism, but that of worldwide capitalism and Anglo-America. These two fears drove both his anti-semitism and his perseverance to secure the ‘living space’ essential to survive in a world dominated from the United kingdom Empire and the United States.

Drawing on new places, Brendan Simms traces the way in which Hitler’s ideology emerged after the First World Battle. AMERICA and the British Empire had been, in his view, models for Germany’s personal empire, similarly founded on appropriation of property, racism and assault. Hitler’s aim was to make a similarly global upcoming for Germany – a nation seemingly doomed in any other case not only to irrelevance, but, through emigration and international influence, to extinction. His primary concern during the resulting cataclysm had not been just what he noticed as the clash between German and Jews, or German and Slav, but most importantly that between Germans and what he known as the ‘Anglo-Saxons’. In the long run only dominance from the world could have been more than enough to accomplish Hitler’s goals, and it eventually needed a coalition of virtually the whole planet to defeat him.

Brendan Simms’s new book is the first to describe Hitler’s beliefs fully, demonstrating how, as ever, it is ideas that will be the ultimate source of probably the most murderous behaviour.