From a reader and school teacher:

Jonah,
I wanted to share with you an observation I made while I recently previewing a video to show my class that chronicles Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. The video was from the series that Peter Jennings and ABC news made entitled “The Century”. Anyways, while listening to the historians who narrate the video, I was amazed to hear them refer to the “hard right” of the Nazis and their hatred toward the left (Communists). I was amazed because it seems that every liberal review that I read of your book basically says, “Yeah, so what, we knew this anyways. No big deal.” Even more stunning, to me, was that no one during the course of the program could explain WHY the Nazis hated the Communists. Instead, they simply postulated that the Nazis were right wing, the Communists left wing, and that explained everything. It is otherwise a good historical summary, but I’m amazed at the intellectual laziness on display by so many “experts.” Moreover, it is funny to see this laziness extended to your book which many are trying to write off as trivial.
Anyways, once again, love the book and your work. Keep fighting the good fight.