{"product_id":"atatrk-in-the-nazi-imagination-9780674368378","title":"Atatürk in the Nazi Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eEarly in his career, Adolf Hitler took inspiration from Benito Mussolini, his senior colleague in fascism--this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler and the Nazis has been almost entirely neglected: Mustafa Kemal Atat rk, the founder of modern Turkey. Stefan Ihrig's compelling presentation of this untold story promises to rewrite our understanding of the roots of Nazi ideology and strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHitler was deeply interested in Turkish affairs after 1919. He not only admired but also sought to imitate Atat rk's radical construction of a new nation from the ashes of defeat in World War I. Hitler and the Nazis watched closely as Atat rk defied the Western powers to seize government, and they modeled the Munich Putsch to a large degree on Atat rk's rebellion in Ankara. Hitler later remarked that in the political aftermath of the Great War, Atat rk was his master, he and Mussolini his students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis was no fading fascination. As the Nazis struggled through the 1920s, Atat rk remained Hitler's \"star in the darkness,\" his inspiration for remaking Germany along nationalist, secular, totalitarian, and ethnically exclusive lines. Nor did it escape Hitler's notice how ruthlessly Turkish governments had dealt with Armenian and Greek minorities, whom influential Nazis directly compared with German Jews. The New Turkey, or at least those aspects of it that the Nazis chose to see, became a model for Hitler's plans and dreams in the years leading up to the invasion of Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Ihrig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.77h x 6.34w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674368378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/02\/2015 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIhrig, Stefan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Stefan Ihrig is Professor of History at the University of Haifa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40509886595187,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":52.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4fa10922-2aba-4695-9a80-65b0b68c2805.jpg?v=1665580737","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/atatrk-in-the-nazi-imagination-9780674368378","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}