Democracies Against Hitler: Myth, Reality and Prologue (Routledge Revivals)

Groth, Alexander J.

ISBN 10: 1138313610 / ISBN 13: 9781138313613

Published by Routledge, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Democracies Against Hitler: Myth, Reality and Prologue (Routledge Revivals)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138313610
• ISBN 13: 9781138313613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First published in 1999, what the confrontation between democracies and Hitlerism tells us about democracy is the subject of this book. It examines the response of political democracies to the phenomenon of Hitlerism, beginning with democracy in Germany itself in the ’20’s and ’30’s, and ending up with Britain and the U.S. in the ’40’s. Contrary to mythology, this response was far more a failure than a success. An iconoclastic treatment, it anticipates the crises of the future..

About the Author

Alexander J. Groth is a Holocaust survivor, most of whose family perished during the Nazi Final Solution. He received his PhD from Columbia University and his BA magna cum laude from the City College of New York. He is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis, where he has taught since 1962, specializing in comparative politics. Groth is the author and editor of numerous books including Comparative Politics (1971); People's Poland (1972); Public Policy Across Nations (1985); Lincoln (1996); Democracies Against Hitler (1999); and Holocaust Voices (2003).