William I. Brustein

3011 The Logic of Evil: The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933, by William Brustein (read 13 Sep 1997) This book is very dry and is loaded with graphs hard to interpret. But its conclusion and theses are thought-producing indeed. The Nazis came to power because their programs to deal with people's economic concerns appealed. Most of the Germans who voted Nazi were not impelled to do so by the evil in the Nazi program. The mistake they made was understandable and they could not have foreseen what would happen. There are extremist parties today which, with cooperation from the economy, could attain success such as the Nazis attained in 1933, when they got 38% of the vote--the most any party got that year. A thought-provoking and modest book.… (altro)