ebooks My New Order A Collection of Speeches by Adolph Hitler Volume One by Adolph Hitler in History

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Am I the only one who opened this book?By Bookman AntiquaWhat the other reviews don't explain is that this is just a low-quality reprint of the original. The "commentary" is just a few pages in the introduction.First; the Trump stuff. It's minimal and not negative but just stupid. The entirety of the Trump content is his picture on the back and 2.5 pages of "parallels" between Trump and Hitler's styles in the introduction. The parallels are inoffensive and objective; for example "both use simple language" and "both insult their enemies." Nothing in here is saying "Trump = Hitler" or insulting Trump. That said; the parallels are often stupid or sloppy (example: both haven't written many books. Wow.). The intro is also riddled with typos and factual errors. Bottom line; it's just a marketing ploy.Second; the body of the book looks like it's just a reprint of the 1940s original. That has a lot of value because Hitler's speeches are definitely interesting and historically important. But the quality is very bad. The text is not crisp at all and often looks like a photocopy of a photocopy made at Kinko's. Given that you can find his speeches online for free; in the kindle store for cheap; or at a library if needed for reference that makes this book a total ripoff. But that said this is the only edition currently in print at a reasonable price; so if you want a physical copy and don't mind poor quality go for it.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great Value; Important HistoryBy BookReviewAn excellent collection of many speeches on many topics at an excellent price. One reviewer mentioned the lack of "commentary." Do we really wish to have "commentary?" I prefer the unvarnished record personally. As for the Trump connection; it's so patently mindless and absurd that I don't think (or I should say I hope) no one gives it a second thought (or even a first for thatmatter).7 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Commentary to a Very Interesting Book(s)By Master HahnHaving read both volumes of this book (both the original book as translated into English and the two volumes of this book as published in August of 2016 and including the editorial commentary); I found both the original volumes to be highly interesting; but found these two new volumes to be exceptionally interesting specifically because of the nearly identical parallels that the commentary addresses.Many people will be turned off by the sheer size of these two volumes (each roughly 500 pages... in the original; the German original of My New Order was over a thousand pages in one volume; Mein Kampf in one volume - the translation closest to the German original as by Reynal Hitchcock  - is almost 450 pages... as Hitler's speeches were long; so were his writings).The added commentary in this book(s) make it that much better due to the FACT that that commentary parallels current events so closely. In fact; much of this same commentary would apply to many other. political leaders of other ultra rightwing and fascist-oriented groups (especially those who have shown some success in the political arena) - both currently and in the past to include the WW2 era (Mussolini; Peron; etcetera) and not just Trump.As far as similarities (specifically as to Trump); there are a great many (both in speeches and in political campaign strategies and tactics). Both - primarily using the high-charged rally environment - gave speeches that used the authoritarian personality projection approach that is often confused with "charisma".Much of the content in My New Order is about how Hitler says propaganda works; and how he structures his speaking style; and how Hitler targets the lowest-common denominator as his intended audience. Those same methodologies were present in Trump speeches (and interviews and Tweets); in the way he speaks; argues; rages and responds in public. Trump’s speeches are filled with simplistic racist attacks.He belittled and insulted his competitors for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and then his competitor for the presidential campaign as well as Republicans who did not support him absolutely.He attacks Democrats’ "political correctness" “as weak.He mocks women; minorities; and disabled people.He is anti-Semitic (Arabs) and Islamophobic (as Hitler was anti-Semitic / Jewish); attacking them verbally as well as other minorities and women.He attacks liberals; elitists; establishment types; academia; and even moderates who aren't "true believers".He threatens to obliterate the enemies (who he often openly names).He doesn’t care about facts or inconsistencies.And he plays to his followers’ fears; prejudices; and hates.All of these tactics; from the repetitive style of his speeches; to believing whatever he says is true; to his excessive and unrivaled view in his leadership; are modeled by Hitler in My New Order.Even the Hitler-authored Mein Kampf (written previously to My New Order) has a chapter on the hows and whys of political propaganda. Look at these six excerpts from Ralph Manheim’s 1943 translation.Hitler wrote (in that section of Mein Kampf):- “The function of propaganda does not lie in the scientific training of the individual; but in calling the masses’ attention to certain facts; processes; necessities; etc.; whose significance is thus for the first time placed within their field of vision.”-“All propaganda must be popular and its intellectual level must be adjusted to the most limited intelligence among those it is addressed to. Consequently; the greater the mass it is intended to reach; the lower its purely intellectual level will have to be.”- “The more modest its intellectual ballast; the more exclusively it takes into consideration the emotions of the masses; the more effective it will be. And this is the best proof of the soundness or unsoundness of a propaganda campaign; and not success pleasing a few scholars or young aesthetes.” (Aesthetics... What would be today referred to as "liberals"; "elitists" and "academia")- "Once understood how necessary it is for propaganda to be adjusted to the broad mass; the following rule results: It is a mistake to make propaganda many-sided; like scientific instruction; for instance.”- “In consequence of these facts; all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”- “The function of propaganda is; for example; not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people; but exclusively to emphasize the one right which it has set out to argue for. Its task is not to make an objective study of the truth… its task is to serve our own Right; always and unflinchingly.”An equally apt comparison could be made with Trump to Benito Mussolini (the original true fascist; the Nazi movement as developed by Hitler was a modified type of fascism albeit as absolutely totalitarian).