Review of Stephen E. Ambrose's _The Good Fight_

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>From: "Otto" <o.sell at telda.net>

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>> Well, that's only partially true. Taylor notes that "_Mein Kampf_ sold by
>> the million after Hitler came to power", even though in 1928, when it was
>> published, "_Volk ohne Raum_, for instance, by Hans Grimm sold much better
>> than _Mein Kampf_". (Ibid., xx-xxi). Hitler "forbade its publication in
>> English", by the way. (Ibid., 204)
>>
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> I think Michel is right in this.
> Being sold doesn't necessarily mean being read too.

Perhaps. Perhaps not. To argue one way or the other about this point can
only be mere speculation I believe. Taylor provides historical data, that
is, that _Mein Kampf_ sold by the million after Hitler came to power, and
this data is significant. Despite whatever objections might be raised, the
extent of Hitler's popularity, both in Germany and elsewhere, and
particularly in the early to mid-30s, is indisputable. Pynchon certainly
depicts aspects of the mass support for Hitler -- and the groundswell of
anti-Semitic sentiment -- in Germany, in _GR_, just as he depicts some of
the factors which contributed to this in 'Mondaugen's Story' in _V._

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