This book was of great interest to me as a unique piece of history. An unbiased view of Hitler and the NSDAP as told from a British perspective in 1931, before Hitler came to power in Germany. It’s important to realize before entering into the main text, and this is something Lewis makes clear himself, that even as a British man, he puts large stock into racial realism. Far away from the political beliefs of modern audiences, Lewis sympathizes with the Hitlerist ideas of racial purity and survival. He criticizes the Anglo race, namely the United Kingdom, her dominions, and the United States, for failing to take into account the dangers of the “exotic races” as he refers to the Indian and the African. Lewis, however, is not a National Socialist. He is, as the preface clearly states, an Anglophile. He believes that the greatest achievements in the world, including the conquering of North America, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania, and half of Africa, belong to the Anglo race as a whole. It is in this love of the Anglo race that Lewis wishes for the betterment and, more importantly, the maintenance of it. If the Anglo people could learn from the NSDAP to maintain dominance of the world, they ought to do so. The most memorable part of the book in my view is when he describes the “blutgefühl,” or “blood feeling,” of the German people. They have an innate desire for unity, to be one people, to be with their brothers by blood that, according to Lewis, the Englishman or the American could never fully understand. A very interesting thought, and definitely worth a read just for Lewis’s critique on racial ideas in 1920s and early 30s culture in Europe and North America. However, there is still more to be learned from this book. Lewis pushes beyond understanding why the National Socialists think what they think or writing of what they wish to do if they gain power. One of the more interesting parts of his book is his extrapolations on why the National Socialists got to be so popular- they were the party with the most seats in the government by 1931, though not a majority. Younger nationalists will enjoy reading his thoughts on the youth among Hitler’s party, particularly the people often too young to participate in the Great War who became members of the SA. One of the best books available on the Antelope Hill catalogue, this is a must-read for Anglo nationalists. In Christ, Dalton
