“There have been ample opportunities since 1945 to show that material superiority in war is not enough if the will to fight is lacking. In Algeria, Vietnam and Afghanistan the balance of economic and military strength lay overwhelmingly on the… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
Goering was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
Goering's ideas betray a consistent desire to create something essentially new, implying all the historic virtues, but unlike [anything] of the past. — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
“No one in either system could be unaware that State Security was out there, but for the ordinary citizen, uninterested in politics, lucky enough… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
It is sometimes suggested that the [Nazi economic] recovery was a product of a specific fascist economic strategy, which distinguished it from the recovery… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
Many of the political jokes that circulated in the Third Reich were directed at Goering. He collected them [all] in a large leather notebook… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
“There have been ample opportunities since 1945 to show that material superiority in war is not enough if the will to fight is lacking.… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
Goering got into endless arguments with other officers [and] he did not like routine work. — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
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