Studying WW2
I've begun reading Reader's Digest's Illustrated History of World War 2. I'll be reading it, in little pieces, probably over the next few months. I've been wanting to brush up on some more of my history, and this was a good place to go next. Plus, I tend to trust RD's chosen author(s) over some of the more revisionist intellectuals out there, who may attempt to spin everything according to a contemporary political agenda.
It's exceptionally unsettling to read about how things began to come about in the early years of the Fascist powers. How few people saw the warning-signs of what was to come. I can see how easily the Nazi movement could have fallen apart, before Hitler rose to the German Chancellorship in 1933. There are many lessons to be taken from this darker period of Human history.
And you know what they say about those who fail to learn from history...
It's exceptionally unsettling to read about how things began to come about in the early years of the Fascist powers. How few people saw the warning-signs of what was to come. I can see how easily the Nazi movement could have fallen apart, before Hitler rose to the German Chancellorship in 1933. There are many lessons to be taken from this darker period of Human history.
And you know what they say about those who fail to learn from history...