BRENDAN SIMMS Allen Lane £30 ISBN 9781846142475 Reviewed by Geoffrey Roberts If you are going to challenge a cherished historical consensus you need cogent arguments and compelling evidence. Brendan Simms’s challenge to deeply entrenched interpretations of Hitler’s Weltanschauung is plausible and engaging but unconvincing. According to Simms, ‘Hitler’s principal preoccupation throughout his career was Anglo-America ... Read more
