Anyone interested in history should read Mein Kampf.
I had an almost dangerous obsession with Hitler in middle school. Anyone with the capability to be objective and critical, with an interest in history, should read Mein Kampf.
I don't know to me Hitler was a nebish a man without particular skill, or unique thought an incompetent. If it were not him it would have been another nothing person Germany was ready for evil and he was a avatar of that urge. He ran his country from rags to ashes with a brief ponzi fueled bubble. He opened fronts he did not need to, picked fights he could not win. Ran a insanely ineffective government. I have read his book and it only reinforced the banality of evil to me.
Even it that he is third rate
I see Jews every time I hang with the family but never met a native Tasmanian. England is nothing compared to Brazil. Brazil is in the lead for genocide.
Some along the lines of 1000 ethnic groups totally gone.
Well I wouldn't read it if you are looking for great ideas or a riveting plot, but it did have a major of influence on the nation of people who started the second world war and committed the most well known genocide ever, so for that reason it's worth reading if you are interested in history. Hitler was one of the most influential people of the twentieth century, so I would think it goes without saying that to understand the man it wouldn't hurt to read his manifesto/autobiography, especially if you are interested in the second world war. Obviously there are plenty of history books worth reading, there are enough worth reading that it's impossible for any one person to read them all in a lifetime. Maybe I should have been more specific and said anyone who has an interest in the second world war should read the book, and that a summary would probably suffice for most people, but I definitely believe if you have any interest in history you should at least learn a little bit about the book.