Economy

. . . . so I broke down and bought the Kindle edition. My copy was pretty battered anyway.

I was a little older than you the first time I read it, maybe 16 or so in the mid-60s. I think almost all of us who came of age in that era, whether we were technically "boomers" or not, had family members who had lived through it and shared at least some of their impressions. Much of my family was -- and still is -- Jewish, so this was always a part of my growing up.

What has always struck me about the lead-in to Hitler is that the economic impact of the first World War isn't covered as much as it should be.