The Politics of Cultural Despair: A Study in the Rise of the Germanic Ideology
- ISBN-10
- 0520026438
- ISBN-13
- 9780520026438
- Category
- National socialism
- Pages
- 367
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Fritz Richard Stern
Description
"An enlightening and solidly documented book of great value to those who would like to trace the ideolgoical roots behind the most erratic and dramatic politics phases of modern Germany."--"American Political Science Review""If only because it presents the intellectual and emotional background to National Socialism with rare clarity and penetrating analysis of its several and often sharply contrasting components, the ably written and profoundly interesting book...would be of importance....With its useful footnotes, selective bibliography and good index Professor Stern's study is American scholarship at its best."-"International Affairs"
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