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Snyder's central point is that Hitler's racism against Jews and other non-Aryan peoples had, at its core, a conviction that only humans who lack any inclinations towards morality or social justice will survive and that the imperative of the German people was to eliminate others and occupy their lands. He teases out the interesting ways that Hitler admired Americans for wiping out indigenous peoples and occupying their land. It's an interesting point of view, especially when compared to Claudia Koonz's excellent [b:The Nazi Conscience|388504|The Nazi Conscience|Claudia Koonz|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388447460s/388504.jpg|378124]. She sees genocide as a kind of moral high ground that the Nazis took, where they argued (murderously) that the elimination of Jews (and Roma, the disabled, homosexuals, opponents, etc) was not only necessary but moral. I guess the books can be understood together at a kind of argument for Hitler's absolutism as a moral imperative (unbridled, devastating, complete). Thought-provoking, especially at the conclusion where he discusses contemporary issues like climate change and the threats that some powers will adopt parts or all of the Nazi world view.

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informative slow-paced

3.25

quercus707's review against another edition

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5.0

Understanding the phenomenon offers us our only hope that we won't repeat it.

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dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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