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A biography of Adolf Hitler published two years before his autobiography Mein Kampf may also have been written by Hitler:
In the early fall of 1923, when Adolf Hitler was still mostly known for his frenzied speeches at Munich beer halls, a slim biography was published that lauded him as the savior of the German nation and even compared him to Jesus. The book, "Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches," was credited to Baron Adolf Victor von Koerber, a German aristocrat and war hero. Scholars have said that Hitler sought Mr. von Koerber out for the biography because he needed a conservative figure without links to the Nazi Party to help legitimize him as a leader.
However, new research says Hitler penned the work himself. This suggests that Hitler had designs on taking power earlier than many historians have previously thought and manipulated public opinion to get there.
"Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches" was published two years before "Mein Kampf," the autobiography and manifesto that historians consider the moment Hitler went from political propagandist to leader in waiting. The von Koerber biography was published shortly before Hitler helped lead a bungled coup in Munich known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
"It's 1923, and Hitler suddenly decides he needs to boost his national profile," said Thomas Weber, a professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, who uncovered documents in Mr. von Koerber's archival papers that he argues reveals Hitler as the biography's true author. The documents included a sworn statement by the publisher's widow.
Dusty old Godwin meme.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday October 11 2016, @05:57AM
> 3. "Why can't we use [nuclear weapons]?"
That's not a platform; it's a question. Supposedly, it was asked in a private meeting with the anonymous source who was advising Mr. Trump on foreign policy. His campaign chairperson denies that it was asked:
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort denied the claim on Wednesday morning.
“Absolutely not true,” he said in an interview with Fox News. “The idea that he’s trying to understand where to use nuclear weapons? It just didn’t happen. I was in the meeting, it didn’t happen.”
It seems to me that the reason for the meeting may have been Mr. Trump's awareness of his own ignorance and his desire to dispel it. If he asked that question, he may have done so for the same reasons.
> 4. Explicitly supporting middle eastern dictators, implying Saddam Hussein was a good thing.
Mr. Trump appears to understand that overthrowing Mr. Hussein had terrible--I mean, really, really terrible--consequences. Whether he can generalise that understanding in order to apply it to other situations, I don't know. Certainly Ms. Clinton favoured overthrowing Mr. Qaddafi, after the repercussions of the Iraq adventure were obvious. Did you see the interview in which she gloated over his assassination?
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Tuesday October 11 2016, @06:02AM
link from which I took the quote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scarborough-trump-nukes_us_57a1e47ae4b0693164c347d0 [huffingtonpost.com]