Mere gangsters?
Sin Reviewing a new biography of ,Admiral matt (1g February ). Max Hastings writes. It is far more difficult to fiad an on of excuse for the professional service officers who supported Nazism than for those such as Coebbels or Himmler who wae merely litgattlic gangsters.' 'Moldy'? I wonder. What kind of eliCafle, according to Max Hastings. mitigates the actions of Goebbeis and Ifimmier? Or might do so? No doubt, ruthless professional soldiers who haPPetied to be Nazi fanatics acted inconsistently — they didn't live up to the exacting ethical demands of their professional code. In the scales, how does inconsistency ran alongside mass murder (Hirninler) or taxis terror (Goebbels) — morally °I° historically? Reviewers may be entitled to certain degree of journalistic licence, as they struggle to fill a page, but Mr Ilastill$6 really ought to think through the consequences of his random remarks. especially when writing about the Nair 4111- Robert Silver Stanwick Road, London W14
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