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To: RMF who wrote (447685)	1/15/2009 11:20:38 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574595

"but I know it discussed the denigration of Germany as expressed by the punitive and unfair details of the Treaty of Versailles." That is his starting point. He then spends most of the book on how Germany can regain its rightful place. He spends a lot of time on his concept of the leader and how society should be organized. "I'm not sure what POINT you wish me to take from this." That, by reading Mein Kampf, the Germans should have known what was going to happen. Some things could have been predicted, like the leader having absolute control and the laws being subordinate to him, but Germany becoming a security state and going to war with basically the whole world wasn't as clear. Within the context of the book, even that absolute power doesn't seem too bad, the leader by definition having a clear vision, true knowledge and thinking only of what is best for his people. And certainly, having one person make the decisions is going to be more efficient than having squabbling bureaucrats and their endless meetings decide... It is worth reading. It helps shed light on how Germany got where they did. Although you might want to skip large parts of the beginning. He tended to rant a bit...