{"product_id":"a-j-p-taylor-and-his-critics-in-great-britain-von-stephanie-mihelic","title":"A. J. P. Taylor and his critics in Great Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eScientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Didactics - English - Literature, Works, grade: 1, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: A.J.P. Taylor¿s The Origins of the Second World War and his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecritics in Great Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1961 A.J.P. Taylor, described as ¿an enfant terrible among historians¿ 1 by Ian F. D.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorrow, discombobulated peer historians with his publication The Origins of the Second\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorld War. In this book Taylor disputed the orthodox school of war historiography. Taylor's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethesis of the origins of the Second World War has received some support, but primarily\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecritique. His thesis may be briefly stated. According to Taylor, Hitler was not a demonic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewarlord, who had plans of world conquest but was only an ordinary man ¿who was no more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewicked and unscrupulous than many other contemporary statesman¿  . Hitler followed a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforeign policy like ¿that of his predecessors, of the professional diplomats at the foreign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eministry, and indeed of virtually all Germans¿. Adolf Hitler was not a ¿a system-maker,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeliberately preparing from the first a great war which would destroy existing civilisation and make\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim master of the world¿  Hitler's purpose was to liberate Germany from the Treaty of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVersailles that ¿lacked moral validity from the start¿ and ¿to make Germany the leading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower in Europe from her natural weight.¿ In fulfilling his goals, Hitler was supported by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eappeasers such as Neville and Chamberlain, who believed that Hitler would become pacific if\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis demands were met. Hence, all Hitler had to do was waiting for concessions. Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresents Hitler as a passive Fuehrer, without clear intentions. Regarding Danzig and Poland,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHitler didn't intend its destruction. On the contrary ¿he had wished to solve the question of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanzig so that Germany and Poland could remain on good terms.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[...]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640843190\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640843190","offer_id":39426319908957,"sku":"9783640843190","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/f79fa9c9-62b4-4e0b-ad5f-3da5361aaf93.jpg?v=1777782663","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/a-j-p-taylor-and-his-critics-in-great-britain-von-stephanie-mihelic","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}