Anybody else taken this plunge before? I know he's a >journalist

Bump. We all know /his/ is better than /lit/ anyway

>>2655748
Good book, but written 60 years ago.
There has been some development since, in terms of what documents we have, how the numbers are revised, and so on.

>>2655768
Any significant event in particular?

Holocaust doesn't count

>>2655748
>journalist
Might as well use Irving to learn how many people really died at Dresden

>>2655810
>Holocaust doesn't count
??? How does it not count?
And I mean also numbers like how many soldiers and equipment fought and in what condition. For example we now know that the german army invading Russia was in no condition to fight long before winter. After the initial push more than 90% of divisions were considered unfit for offensive duty, and only capable of defense or escorts.

Also he wrote this in a time where homophobia was acceptable, for example. And I don't mean /lgbt/ identity politics, I mean dismissing homosexuality as a crime or a low fetish only sick people have and such.

Its a book written with what was known in the day, by a person living in the day. Taken within its context its alright, just don't forget that context.

>>2655810
>>2655858
Oh, and I forgot, the book argues that Hitler is a protestant project, and that the nazi movement is a protestant movement. Overall he blames protestants and excuse catholic germans from associations with Hitler and the Holocaust.

I doubt many people today would agree.

He calls Nietzsche an antisemite who continued the hateful traditions of Martin Luther.

That should tell you something about his grasp on philosophy.

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>>2655748
When you finish it, Read Shirer's "Berlin Diary". It gives you an appreciation for the author's perspective. He covered the war from Germany prior to the US entering the war.