{"product_id":"nazism-and-war","title":"Nazism and War","description":"\u003cp\u003eBessel, Richard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWorld War II was the defining event of the twentieth century, redrawing the political map in ways that continue to affect nearly the entire human race. What was unprecedented, however, was not simply the war’s scale, but its causes. Unlike previous territorial or political clashes, the war launched by Nazi Germany was an ideological one, waged to wipe entire peoples and cultures from the face of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNazism and War\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Richard Bessel, one of the preeminent authorities on the social and political history of modern Germany, demonstrates that “Nazi war was racial struggle; Nazi racial struggle was war.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWar was the anvil on which Hitler’s worldview was forged: German National Socialism emerged triumphant over a country deeply scarred by defeat and eager to reclaim its greatness. As a political philosophy, Nazism glorified struggle and conflict, viewing them as the purpose of a nation and a measure of its overall condition. As a political movement and state system, Nazism made its ideology real, plunging the European continent into a war of annihilation and a sea of blood. Nazism destroyed the old Europe, and thus helped to create the world in which we live.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41303457824802,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1509\/8658\/files\/61VWICmxDWL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1707501536","url":"https:\/\/vaholocaust.myshopify.com\/products\/nazism-and-war","provider":"Virginia Holocaust Museum Shop \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}