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Some people seem offended has this grainy, purple-colored that I own this book, when they see picture of Hitler on the front in a it on my shelf, some dare not say Nazi uniform, and the spine is bright anything, afraid i might be some yellow with the title written in kind of neo nazi, but Mein Kampf is massive red letters. Most of the one of the best... people who condemn this book so Read the full review › harshly... Published on November 29, 2000 by Read the full review › C. Broek Published on May 12, 2003 by Pillsky › See more 3 star, 2 star, 1 star › See more 5 star, 4 star reviews reviews ‹ Previous | 1 2 … 15 | Next › Most Helpful First | Newest First A word on previous reviews..., February 22, 2008 By C. Bushel "cb" (Balto., MD) -See all my reviews Mein Kampf is an interesting and powerful book to be sure. The book is not solely about the Jews, but I am writing my review in reference to Hitler's assertions therein, mostly because I am extremely disturbed by the content of many of the previous reviews. Hitler was a powerful figure, and obviously powerful still. I was patently shocked how many reviewers were taken in by Hitler's ongoing method of argument. Throughout the book, he makes his points by randomly refering to various notions, texts and occurences to prove his own inaccurate points. Because he stipulates various references, he manages to appear educated and convincing. This is particluarly true the case in Hitler's discussion of the Jews where he randomly refers to Jewish ideals and texts for his own end. What I found most interesting was precisly how little Hitler understood Judaism (although one Bargain Books Textbooks This product Mein Kampf by Ad Hitler (Paperback June 15, 2006) (146) $16.06 Not in stock; order now and we'll deliver when available 5 used & new fro $13.08 Customers wh viewed this ite also viewed Hitler's Second Bo The Unpublished Sequel to Mein Kampf by Gerhar Weinberg (Paperback - December 4, 200 (15) Buy new: $15.00 In Stock 23 used & new fr $9.22 Mein Kampf -My Struggle (DVD - 2006) (6) 1 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... uneducated reviewer asserts the oppposite), a faith, a philosophy, and ethnicity but not a race. What I found most alarming about many of the reviews was that people, even after all that has happened, bought into his various lines of reasoning on so many subjects, even those outside Judaism. His assertions, particularly about the Talmud, are are vague and highly misconstrued. Judaism is a philosphical religion, an as such is open to ongoing debate at all times even in the 21st century. I was floored by one reviewer who uses Hitler's own tactics to his make outlandish statments about the work of Talmud and Maimonedes, a topic on which he has no keen undertanding. For sure, Hitler is right about the Talmud in one respect: it is about life today, this moment and how to live it respectfully and well (although Hitler interprets this as a defect). While Christianity focuses on resurrection, Judaism focuses on the now, for tomorrow is uncertain and may not exist; for Jews, the afterlife, at best, is a shadowy thing. The fact of the matter remains that Judaism is the only religion in which God accepts ALL people so long as they are good; Judaism does not define goodness by Jewishness, but by goodness itself; belief in Judaism is not required. You do not have to be one of "The Chosen," a term which Hitler throws around in incite his readers, to be worthy. (To be "Chosen" in Judaism actually means that you are one who has accepted the burden 613, often contradictory, laws. Those who are not "Chosen" must only accept 7, very easy and innately human laws of behavior.) Mein Kampf is an important book and is hard to rate because it's can't be subject to "good" or "bad;" it stands outside such clear distinctions. It simply IS. While reading Mein Kampf I can only suggest that you read critically and take his assertions on all subjects with a grain of salt. It is arduous, self-serving and covertly incomplete. If you are at all interested in Hitler mind, this book is an obvious go to. It has people repeating and thus validating his injustices even now. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Comment Was this review helpful to you? 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: National Collectivist , February 5, 2008 By John Scott "Human Bean" (Tokyo Japan) -See all my reviews This review is from: Mein Kampf (Hardcover) Hitler was a grand socialist. He proposed state control (regulation) of industry, economic interventionism, universal healthcare, and: "We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens. " Oh, wait, that is just good old fashioned welfare statism a la Paul Krugman and H. Clinton. The fact that we universally recognize Hitler's racism as evil, while adopting the same collectivist welfare statism, speaks to our ignorance. Until individualism replaced collectivism, we will continue to see injustices against the individual from both the Liberals and Conservatives. 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He was, however unfortunately, also a genius!!!!! I felt compelled to read this book in an attempt to find some degree of understanding and insight into how ANYONE could be SOOOO TWISTED, even EVIL!!!! For one man to do such things to another, let alone hundreds of thousands. His existance was a tragedy on ALL of humanity, a scar which can never be erased!!!! If humanity doesn't learn from it's mistakes it will be condemned to repeat them!!!!!!! There is knowledge in ALL things, no matter how horable and/or tragic!!!!!! LEARN!!!!!!! Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Comment Was this review helpful to you? 7 of 12 people found the following review helpful: You will be shocked how logical and appealing Hitler's argument is., September 23, 2007 By John P. Thiel "John T." (Astoria, Queens, New York City) -See all my reviews First, a disclaimer: I do not advocate or support Hitler's ideas, but I recommend this book because so much of the world currently thinks this way and applies this philosophy or similar to issues of economy, immigration, international relations, and even their daily business and community lives. Because Mein Kampf reflects the mindset of so many, from leaders such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran) down to the common American factory worker, it's important to realize that these ideas--as any really--are as dangerous as they are logical. Is this an evil book? No. We have several maniacs publishing books, sitting in places of political power, and with loyal followings on political talk shows whose ideas are as or more threatening to world order if they were allowed to reign. And since you should understand those competing ideas for what they are, I recommend reading the father of them all--Mein Kampf. The most shocking thing about reading this book is that Hitler offers a very logical and appealing argument: that foreigners (the Jews in his time, but perhaps we could substitute the Chinese or Mexicans in ours, or we Americans if you are from Europe or the Middle East, or 'White' Afrikans in 'Black' Africa) are a threat to our wealth and welfare, the health of our society, that they are slowing taking over economically, that it's only a matter of time before they are a ruling, wealthy minority which will subjegate our culture and people--and that they must be stopped. After all, this has happened in other countries--you're bound to think--and isn't it happening today? Wouldn't we be right to protect our interests against this imminent threat? Of course, the answer is to irradicate them, seize their assets, erase all traces of their culture. At the very least, doesn't Mein Kampf match very well with the idea of closing United States borders to all immigration, and deporting those who are not already citizens? Hitler himself argues the point far better than any politician today--and boldly. 3 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... Hitler does not come off as insane or evil. He's preaching to the chior in his time and place, and it's not much of a stretch to say that this same argument would be very effective today. It's scary how convincing this book is, and that's exactly why you should read it. Even if you, as I, may not agree with how he incorporated his political philosophy, it's a wake up call to read something by the individual who personified evil for nearly all of us and yet find that his ideas are considerably well thought out. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Comments (8) Was this review helpful to you? 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Excellent night time reading, September 10, 2007 By Vlad the Lad "Vlad the Lad" (Vladivostok) -See all my reviews Want to know what went on in the mind of one of the worlds most famous tirants? Then go ask him. Oh no you cant, so read this instead. Its well written and shows a seriously twisted mind, and acts as a warning to what a twisted mind can achieve given the right circumstances and motivation. Dont buy this if you expect a cheap jew-bashing novel, but do buy this if you think you can handle a well built up argument as to exactly why Hitler believed what he did. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Report this | Permalink Comments (3) 8 of 20 people found the following review helpful: Down & Out in Bavaria Hills, September 3, 2007 By James Stephen Garrett "Teep" (Arkham Asylum) -See all my reviews Achtung, Baby! Mein Kampf has a nasty reputation. When it comes right down to it, Mein Kampf is a bad dog, a bad, bad dawg. If Mein Kampf were human, it would be the balding forty-year old guy with the canting glass eye who loiters down by the stairwell selling tap-dancing aphids out of a hat. But if you step back, take a deep breath, get the mental picture of grim soot blackened kilns and miles of concertina fence and razor wire and baying German shepherds and slaughterhouses & black-smoke belching smokestacks festering and brooding beneath a slate-grey sky--- Where were we? Oh yes: if you get past that stuff, you'll be able to see Mein Kampf for what it really is: the world's most influential Self-Help manual. Who needs Dale Carnegie & all that "Smile 'til your Gums Bleed!" crap when you've got Adolf Hitler: Carnegie wants you to wag your tail & get another friend, Hitler wants you to wag your fist in your enemy's face & slice off another rump puppet state. Let's take a little mental inventory of Adolf Hitler, circa 1923: starving, failed artist, no money to pay the rent, wandered around ranting and drinking all day in beerhalls, and worst of all, stuck in the Munich pokey after he and the boys got knocked around by the local hoo-haw after a wild night gomezing around on the town and a few too many Heffeweisen. And yet this guy, not even a decade later, is not only shooting hoops and slam 4 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... dunks but kicking everybody's [EXPLETIVE!] around the court. Around about 1941, Hitler doesn't have any time left to kick [EXPLETIVE!] & take names. Why? Because he's too busy kicking [NAUGHTY!] to take names. With that in mind, let's break this little masterwork of Teutonic Take-no-Prisoners Motivation down by the numbers & see what Mein Kampf can do for you---today! 1) Give in to your Anger! Your Hate will make you Strong! Whether it's building a battle station that can destroy a planet in a single blast or emptying the Eastern Marches of Bolshevik Scum, get in touch with your Inner Monster & give that bad boy a ticket to ride! 2) It's all about Marketing! Coco Chanel knew it! Tommy Hilfiger knew it! Idi Amin knew it!---Marketing Matters! Hitler proved it. Schwag matters. Gift boxes matter! Little corporate doohickeys with your logo & slogan on it---all of that matters. WWHD?---'What would Hitler Do?' He'd make it colorful! Primary colors, baby, lots of red and black and white! He'd add chrome! He'd come up with a catchy slogan. He'd probably have a military march with torches somewhere in there! He'd invade Poland! 3) Mission Statement: KISS goes here ("Keep it SS"): make it brutally simple. Example: a) Revenge the betrayed fatherland by shooting the Bolshevik rotters; b) hold lots of torchlit parades; c) invade Russia. Show me, don't tell me. It's results that count, daddy-o. See #3. 3) Business is War! Get in the other guy's face & scream! Make him wipe your spittle off his mouth! Yes! Go over the line! Pound on the table all you want to, but if you don't get what you want, it's time to cross the enemy's line of Death! No more Mr. Nice Guy! Your Enemies are a bunch of Fairies! They shave their legs & go cycling after work. Think I'm wrong? Think Carstairs in Accounting has the mojo to take you on, Dear Leader? Try nailing his cat to his desk. Your patience is at an end! Exactly! Would you like a little Belgium or France with your order, Sir? 4)Shoot your rivals. What about Carruthers, the guy from Marketing? Seriously, Old Hoss, keep an eye on that guy. He's quiet, he's shifty eyed, he does what you tell him, and when you screamed at him in that P&L meeting last week he---I jest thee not---he wet himself. That said, remember: it's the quiet ones who get ya, one way or another. Hitler, for instance. Hitler was a frustrated Marketing guy, too. It's kinda funny to think about, but had someone back on the old arts school admissions council at the Vienna School for Drawing Little Teutonic stick figures decided to let Hitler in, we'd have gotten about 15 years of bad cubist stuff instead of the Blitz & the Holocaust. 5) Strike first! Strike hard! Kill! Kill! Pick yourself up out of the gutter and get back on that Tiger tank! You think it's enough to humiliate Dimwiddy in the board room, you lunk? Fool! You've got to destroy Dimwiddy! You've got to crush him, annex his office space, invade and destroy all those little projects that mean so much to him, get him fired, laugh as he has to haul all his personal shxt out in a cardboard box---and even then it's not over! You've got to gloat, gloat and cackle, when you spot him on the street corner, down in the gutter, eating his daily ration of cat food out of a tin! Shove his face in that horsemeat! Push! 6) Never Underestimate the Stupidity of the Masses: This is a biggie. Think about it: you're German, it's 1930, and one of the candidates for Reichs Chancellor has a shifty looking brush moustache. When asked about his resume, he replies nonchalantly about being big on killing vermin. Would you vote for that guy? Guess what? They did! Hitler won in a landslide! If he 5 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... can, you can too! With that in mind, ACHTUNG! Baby! We got a little Liebensrauming to do. JSG Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Report this | Permalink Comments (11) 4 of 7 people found the following review helpful: The Hobo Philosopher, August 30, 2007 By Richard E. Noble "The Hobo Philosopher" (Florida Panhandle) -See all my reviews I read this book for its political, intellectual, and philosophical content and not its anti-Semitism and vitriol. This book should be studied in every political discussion group or government class in America. Everything that confronts us today in our political debate is and was debated in this book; religion and politics, the individual and the state, social diseases, teenage pregnancy, democracy vs socialism or communism, ethnic cleansing, aggressive war, the right to torture, freedom of speech, the right to organize, unionism, the free market, globalization, internationalism, capitalism, Central banking, the right to unlimited profits, obligation of citizens to state and state to citizens, leadership, organization, advertising, propaganda, private property, entrepreneurship, the news media, the stock market, banking, patriotism, treason, God, science, world peace, imperialism, education, military industrial complex -you name it and it is discussed in this work and Adolf's answer is given on every subject matter. This book intrigued me so much and so boggled and confused my mind that I decided to write my own page by page analysis. I have been serializing this analysis on my blog -the hobo philosopher. My copy of Mein Kampf is over 1000 pages. I have finished analyzing book one which is only 500 pages and my analysis is over 800 pages. Needless to say reading Mein Kampf has been quite and educating experience for me. You should try it. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Was this review helpful to you? Comment (1) 2 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Mein Kampf, July 31, 2007 By BarnabasFrid "The higher you aspire, the more... (Heartless Jersey Suburbs) -See all my reviews "False concepts and poor knowledge can be eliminated by instruction, the resistance of the emotions never." You will find NO better piece of advise in ANY self help book. Read Mein Kampf, it WILL surprise you. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Was this review helpful to you? Comment (1) 6 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: An interesting read, especially if you want to know about Hitler, July 7, 2007 By Heather (Illinois, USA) -See all my reviews This is a great historical book to read. It definitely lets the reader into the mind of Adolf Hitler and his life prior to when he became the Hitler we all know. After reading this, it is suprising anyone allowed him to get so powerful (remember, he became dictator legally in Germany). This is a LONG and dense book filled with hate but it's a book that must be read if one wants to understand the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, and World War II. Any historian should definitely read this, as well as history buffs. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Was this review helpful to you? Comment 13 of 28 people found the following review helpful: Wow! An honest politician!, June 22, 2007 By J. Michael (Now Born) -See all my reviews It is the year 2008. As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq enter their seventh and fifth years respectively, anti-war sentiment has reached a fever pitch among left-wing segments of the American population. During a day of nationwide mass protests, large contingents of Washington's 250,000 strong crowd, aided by certain disaffected units of the armed forces, storm the White House, the Capitol and other government buildings and declare a new government to be headed by Senator Charles Schumer, with a Cabinet consisting of Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Cynthia McKinney, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Streisand, Michael Moore and other prominent left wingers. Responding to the call of the new government, legions of illegal immigrants, radical college students, racial minorities and assorted left-wing types follow suit in cities across the nations and assume authority from the overthrown "tyrannical" regime. The new government immediately declares our foreign "adventures" at an end, and begins evacuating the troops, issuing a proclamation assuming all war guilt and begging forgiveness from the Iraqi and Afghan people, as well as Al-Quaida. The rest of the world, seeing the newfound "reasonableness" of America's new leaders, queues up with grievances in hand. The new "People's Republic" starts a round-table international discussion which will result in a treaty that 1. reduces the US military to a token contingent of around 100,000 men. 2. cedes southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and 1/3 of Texas to Mexico. 3. Forces the U.S. to pay trillions of dollars in reparations to dozens of nations and non-state actors, including Mexico, al-Quaida, Iraq, Iran, Vietnam, etc. 4. New York City is declared an international city under the control of the U.N. while South Florida goes to Cuba and New Orleans declares itself the capital of the new nation of New Africa. The results? Inflation is at unprecedented levels. The U.S. economy collapses. Millions are begging in the streets. White Americans in the reconquered territories are being systematically discriminated against and sporadically massacred. When the first reparations payment is late, UN troops occupy New England. Communist China prepares to take advantage of the situation. The country is in chaos. How would you feel about this? What would you do? Would you calmly sit back and fondly hope that things would turn out ok in the end, or would righteous indignation compel you to take action and do whatever it took to reverse the situation and restore your country's strength and independence? Perhaps this book, if you shook off a lifetime of incessant government and media propaganda, could help you put yourself in the shoes of an early twentieth century German and understand why Hitler thought the way he did and why he was not only democratically elected but enjoyed the love and support of the vast majority of his people until the day he died. Without giving sanction to all his ideas or actions, I could without reservation wish that America had one statesman who loved his country as much as Hitler did. 7 of 9 10.03.2008 10:07 Uhr Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Mein Kampf http://www.amazon.com/review/product/817224164X/ref=cm_cr_... As for the notorious book itself, printed with a stark and scary cover obviously meant to color your opinion of the book's contents, I recommend it to both students of the era and modern day practitioners of the political art, especially conservatives. Of course, being on the Index Liborum Prohibitorum of much of the "free" world, there are an ever shrinking number of countries where one may even legally be allowed to read the book, so get it while you still can. Much of the book deals with contemporary German problems, which would probably only interest history buffs like myself. Contrary to popular belief, Hitler does not rant about the Jews on every page of the book. While the "Jewish problem" is addressed, it does not occupy a large portion of Mein Kampf and Hitler's opinions on the subject were probably not that different from large and influential portions of every society in the civilized world at the time. Hitler was not an intellectual or a polished writer but he was a political master and a genius on the subject of human psychology, especially as exercised upon mass society. And that is where this book would be interesting and relevant to a modern audience, especially those involved in concrete politics. Hitler was not only spot-on but scathingly hilarious (I know I sound like Franz Liebkind now-"The Fuhrer was a terrific dancer!") when describing the shortcomings of the conservative politicians of his day and their tragicomic actions in the face of the communist/liberal threat. It's obvious that conservatives never change-a weak, bloodless and cowardly breed of hidebound lackwits, impotently opposing societal degeneration, foreign threats and existential destruction with witty repartee, dithering, toothless political gestures, patriotic fustian and endless compromise. Hitler deals in depth and-in my opinion-with great insight on the subjects of political propaganda of both the written and spoken kind, the use of media, symbolism, personality, mass psychology and all aspects of how to achieve political success. Obviously, conditions vary greatly in time and place, but the human material stays the same and the one overriding rule still applies to politicsmen follow courage and the method by which one displays that courage is physical (by defending one's beliefs in the presence of the enemy) and moral (by always telling an unpopular truth, despite the hatred and opprobrium that will be showered upon you). Never back down and never surrender. Propaganda is a part of every war but there has never been a war in American history in which the propaganda has continued to be shoved down the population's collective throat 60 years after the enemy's defeat. Even Robert E. Lee was lauded as an American hero by the North a mere 5 years after our Civil War. Americans should ask themselves why we are still subject to insulting governmental indoctrination about the Nazis 3 generations after WWII. Reading this book would be a good start to answering that question. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Report this | Permalink Comments (2) Was this review helpful to you?