Hitler's Mistakes

by Ronald Lewin

Book Overview

Reviewers are not often called on to defend the character or the military accomplishments of Adolf Hitler, but Lewin's one-sided blackwash is so insistent that one almost feels drawn to do so. Even... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688058213
• ISBN13: 9780688058210
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A devil genius was not so smart after all.

This book was written in summary form. It makes the case that maybe Hitler was not such a genius after all. Lewin states that Hitler made many mistakes both political and militarily. His presecution of the Jews resulted in Jewish scientists taking their skills to the U.K. and U.S.A. His stand fast policy on the battlefront resulted in million of dead German soldiers. His limitations on his generals resulted in additional losses of the battlefield. Hitler's leadership style resulted in conflicting domains for his underlings resulted in wasted effort and lost potential. The overall analysis was that Hitler was very intelligent, but his actions caused the Germans to lose the war. I thought the analysis was right on target. This is a nice short read with very good analysis of why Hitler helped the Germans lose the war. I thought Lewin did a nice job of detailing all of Hitler's shortcomings as a military and political leader.