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Article: Hitler 'Etceteras'--a Flurry of New Books.(Brief Article)
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- National Defense
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- April 1, 2001
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I seems that authors and publishers, writing about World War II, appear to be stuck on titles for their books. This is not to say that any of the books that we are about to review are anything but excellent historical works, but rather that the titles seem repetitive, geared more to marketing gimmicks rather than scholarly creativity.
Let's start with "How Hitler Could Have Won World War II: The Fatal Errors that Led to Nazi Defeat," by Bevin Alexander, from Crown Publishers, in New York.
This book addresses the intersection between Hitler's overpowering personality and his version of military strategy. "What If" seems to be the basis for this scholarly ...