The cause of Hitler's Germany
By: Leonard Peikoff
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780142181478
Subjects: German Philosophy; History; American Philosophy; National socialism; Civilization; PHILOSOPHY / Political
Work titles: Ominous parallels
Description: "'A truly revolutionary idea.... Clear, tight, disciplined, beautifully structured, and brilliantly reasoned.'--Ayn Rand. Self-sacrifice, oriental mysticism, racial 'truth,' the public good, doing one's duty -- these are among the seductive catchphrases that circulated in pre-Nazi Germany. Objectivist author and philosopher Leonard Peikoff was Ayn Rand's long-time associate. In The Cause of Hitler's Germany -- previously published in The Ominous Parallels -- Peikoff demonstrates how unreason and collectivism led the seemingly civilized German society to become a Nazi regime"--
Notes: "First published by Plume, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction by Ayn Rand; title: The cause of Nazism; title: The totalitarian universe; title: Hitler's war against reason; title: The ethics of evil; title: United they fell; title: The emotionalist republic; title: The Nazi synthesis; title: The culture of hatred; title: The killers take over; title: Hitler in power; title: The concentration camps.