Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination
Author | : Stefan Ihrig |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2014-11-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674368378 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674368371 |
Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Download or read book Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination written by Stefan Ihrig and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early in his career, Hitler took inspiration from Mussolini—this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler has been neglected: Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, who inspired Hitler to remake Germany along nationalist, secular, totalitarian, and ethnically exclusive lines. Stefan Ihrig tells this compelling story.