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Book SynopsisFour Days in Hitler's Germany tells the engaging story of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's failed diplomatic mission to Nazi Germany.
Trade Review"Brimming with rigorous, original research and startling detail." -- Peter Black *
Canada’s History *
"[Four Days in Hitler’s Germany] is focused on providing relevant context for, and description of, the brief meetings that Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King had with Hitler and a number of his associates in late June 1937, particularly as revealed in King’s now famous Diaries. The book is much more than that, however, for the author gives us valuable side excursions into the architectural history of Berlin, the uses and abuses of heritage commemoration in the 1930s and after the war, the nature of the new ecological thought in Germany, and the social and racial values in Canada which helped shape much of King’s outlook." -- Graham A. MacDonald *
Prairie History *
"This book is a valuable addition to the small subfield of Canadian international history, in which there is sadly little debate (in part because the pickings are so slim). […] Four Days in Hitler’s Germany should prompt some important reappraisals of Canada’s longest serving prime minister but also of Canadian history during this period, one where Nazism was not yet widely reviled." -- Asa McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada *
H-Transnational German Studies *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Crerar's Map of Berlin, 1937 Prologue: Values, Interests, and Foreign Relations 1. Of Lions and Lyons 2. Arrival 3. Beholding the Nazi Miracle 4. Shrugging Off the British Yoke 5. The Holy Errand 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Haunted Berlin 8. Arbeit Macht Frei 9. Whither the Jews? 10. The Uses and Abuses of Mackenzie King 11. Canada Makes Headlines! 12. Atavistic Beasts: Der Dicke and His Bison 13. Baiting Godwin’s Law 14. The Interview 15. Savouring the Triumph, with an Assist from Verdi 16. Taking Leave 17. Home 18. Failure of a Mission, or The War That Harry Crerar Foretold 19. Aftermath Epilogue: Perspectives Notes Bibliography Index
