Rating: ****
Tags: History, Europe, Germany, Biography & Autobiography, Military, Reference, Lang:en
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
Published: June 14, 2006
Added: September 5, 2019
Modified: September 7, 2019
Summary
Sigit Purwadi's Library
- For the first time in 65 years, a modern,
easy to understand, truly complete and uncensored edition of
Mein Kampf has been released which reveals more than any past
translation. This hardcover book is also the first
translation available in an English language audio
format. Older translations altered passages, omitted passages,
mistranslated Hitler's words, made some parts more
sensational while concealing the true meaning in other parts
of the book. If you have read one of these older translations
of Mein Kampf, then you have not read the REAL Mein Kampf
which is found only in the Ford Translation. Mein Kampf is often portrayed as nothing more than an
Anti-Semitic work, however only 6% of it even talks about the
Jews. The rest contains Hitler's ideas and beliefs for a
greater nation plus his plan on how to accomplish that goal.
He outlines his plans for not only world conquest, but the
conquest of the universe. The majority of the work involves
Hitler's discussion of the German people's difficult times
after the First World War, his political theories and his
organization of the Nazi Party, as well as many attacks
against his enemies which makes it a very interesting and
moving story. Mein Kampf offers an interesting interpretation of
politics, people, and foreign policy matters. To characterize
it as simply a racist work is to oversimplify its message.
Germany did not follow Hitler because he was a racist, they
followed him because he promised a great future, and Mein
Kampf is where he promised that great future.
This Ford Translation offers: This translation has corrected over 1000 errors which were
present in past translations. No English reader has been able to appreciate these
subtleties in any previous English translation, not until the
Ford Translation. Includes Photos and Illustrations of events and people in
Mein Kampf Volume I and II
This is the only edition that was so thoroughly researched
and verified that it required a separate book(Mein Kampf: A
Translation Controversy) to document the changes and
corrections made which prove the dynamic style of the Ford
translation is superior to all past mechanical
translations. Read the hardback version, then decide for yourself if he
was a mad-man or a genius.** The angry ranting of an obscure, small-party politician,
the first volume of
Mein Kampf was virtually ignored when it was
originally published in 1925. Likewise the second volume,
which appeared in 1926. The book details Hitler's childhood,
the "betrayal" of Germany in World War I, the desire for
revenge against France, the need for lebensraum for the
German people, and the means by which the National Socialist
party can gain power. It also includes Hitler's racist agenda
and his glorification of the "Aryan" race. The few outside
the Nazi party who read it dismissed it as nonsense, not
believing that anyone could--or would--carry out its radical,
terrorist programs. As Hitler and the Nazis gained power,
first party members and then the general public were
pressured to buy the book. By the time Hitler became
chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, the book stood atop
the German bestseller lists. Had the book been taken
seriously when it was first published, perhaps the 20th
century would have been very different. Beyond the anger,
hatred, bigotry, and self-aggrandizing,
Mein Kampf is saddled with tortured prose,
meandering narrative, and tangled metaphors (one person was
described as "a thorn in the eyes of venal officials"). That
said, it is an incredibly important book. It is foolish to
think that the Holocaust could not happen again, especially
if World War II and its horrors are forgotten. As an
Amazon.com reader has pointed out, "If you want to learn
about why the Holocaust happened, you can't avoid reading the
words of the man who was most responsible for it happening."
Mein Kampf , therefore, must be read as a reminder
that evil can all too easily grow. --
Sunny Delaney
A Message from the Anti-Defamation League:
Mein Kampf was Hitler's blueprint for what later
became his war for world domination and for the extermination
of the Jews and others. Written eight years before he assumed
power in Germany, the book lays it all out: his megalomania,
his conspiratorial obsession with Jews and his lust for
power. For all who claimed they didn't know, all they had to
do was read
Mein Kampf to know of Hitler's intentions.
This edition is the only accurate and complete English
translation of Mein Kampf ever made.
Click the order button to receive the book so many
people wish to disparage and see why they will do anything to
have the printing of this book outlawed. They have already
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