Word: hoffmann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hoffmann spoke on the reasons for the appeasement of Germany by the West that occured prior to the war. While Germany was ready to fight another war, the opposite was true of the West, Hoffmannn said, adding that in 1939, appeasement was not nessesarily a poor tactic'. "If one looks at England and France one sees an enormous battle fatigue," Hoffmann said...
...crowd of more than 250 packed Jefferson Hall for the two-hour symposium, which included 20-minute presentations by Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffmann, Gurney Professor of Political Science Adam B. Ulam and Cowles Professor of Government Judith N. Shklar. Charles S. Maier '60, professor of history, moderated the panel and fielded questions from the audience...
...Hoffmann also spoke about the difficulty the French had in organizing quickly against German occupying forces, but was not critical of the French people's slow reaction...
...find it hard to condemn people for not being heroes," said Hoffmann...
...Hitlerian pathology became more pronounced. He now regarded his audience as feminine: "The mass, the people, is for me a woman," ready to be seduced. But the seduction was figurative; the woman who seemed to beguile him most was Carola Hoffmann, an elderly widow. He frequently visited his admirer's home in a suburb of Munich, where she did his laundry and indulged his sweet tooth; acquaintances were once astonished to see Adolf put seven spoonfuls of sugar in his tea. When Frau Hoffmann offered to buy him a gift, he suggested a rhinoceros-hide dog whip like...