Was Hitler a riddle?
Subtitle: western democracies and national socialism
By: Abraham Ascher
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780804783552; 9780804783569
Subjects: Politics and government; Attitudes; Public opinion; Diplomats; National socialism; Western Foreign public opinion; Foreign relations
Description: Was Hitler A Riddle? is the first comparative study of how British, French, and American diplomats serving in Germany assessed Hitler and the Nazi movement. These assessments provided the governments in London, Paris, and Washington with ample information about the ruthlessness of the authorities in Germany and of their determination to conquer vast stretches of Europe. Had the British, French, and American leaders acted on this information and taken measures to rein in Hitler, the history of the twentieth century would have been far less bloody: the second world war might well have been avoided, the Soviet Union would not have expanded into central and eastern Europe, and the world would have been spared the Cold War --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The British diplomats; title: The French diplomats; title: The American diplomats.