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THE
REVOLUTION
OF
NIHILISM
WARNING
TO
THE
WEST
By
HERMANN
RAUSCHNING
ALLIANCE
BOOK
CORPORATION
LONGMANS,
GREEN
&
Co.
NEW
YORK
TRANSLATED
FROM
GERMAN
BY
E.
W.
DICKES
Copyright,
1939,
by
Alliance
Book
Corporation
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1939
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MANUFACTURED
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA
Publishers
Preface
OF
NIHILISM
was
written
mainly during
the
winter
of
1937-38.
Though
new
editions
of
older
books
by Her-
mann
Rauschning
have
in
the
last
few
weeks
appeared
on
the
American
market,
this
is
today,
May
12,
1940,
his
most
recent
book
on
world
affairs.
It
was
first
published
in
Europe
shortly
after
the
annexation
of
the
Sudeten
territory
in
Czechoslovakia.
In
writing
the
book,
the
author
made
certain
predictions
which
THE
REVOLUTION
have
since
materialized
with
uncanny
consistency
"Germany
and
Russia,
if
they
come
together,
will
radically
transform
the
world.
:
coming
stroke"
"Hitler
may
move
against
Poland
herself
to
improve
the
strategic
situation
and
to
recover
the
irreplaceable
port
of
Danzig."
"Denmark
may
suffer
prophylactic
occupation,
and
may
be
forced
into
a
close
alliance
with
Germany."
These
are
three
of
Mr.
Rauschning's
most
spec-
alliance
is
Hitler's
great
That
tacular
predictions
which
have
since
taken
place.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
at
the
time
he
mentioned
the
impending
possibility
of
a
Russian-German
pact,
the
German
anti-Soviet
press
cam-
paign
was
at
its
screaming,
vilifying
peak.
If
this
book
merely
served
to
prove
Mr.
Rauschning's
extraordinary
ability
as
a
polit-
ical
soothsayer,
it
would
make
absorbing
reading.
There
is
more
than
that,
however,
for
all
of
the
author's
prognostications
have
been
based
on
a
sound
knowledge
of
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the
to
it
PUBLISHER'S
PREFACE
development
of
the
National
Socialist
Regime
in
Germany.
The
fact
that
so
many
of
his
appraisals
and
opinions
have
already
been
substantiated
beyond
question
by
the
march
of
events,
indicates
that
there
is
every
reason
to
consider
very
seriously
his
more
far
reaching
theories,
enumerated
in
this
book,
which
have
yet
to
be
realized.
First
published
in
America
in
August,
1939,
The
Revolution
of
Nihilism
was
immediately
acclaimed
by
reviewers
throughout
the
country
as
an
event
of
the
utmost
importance.
Walter
Millis
in
the
New
York
Herald
Tribune
called
it
"the
most
significant
as
well
as
the
Evenwg
not
read
most
damning
indictment
of
Nazidom."
The
Saturday
Post
stated
that
"None
can
understand
this
war
who
has
it."
The
Boston
Transcript
hailed
it
as
"the
most
im-
portant
book
on
the
subject
of
National
Socialism
since
Mein
Kampf."
So
it
went
throughout
the
entire
press.
From
the
ex-
treme
conservatism
of
The
Wall
Street
Journal
to
the
radicalism
of
The
New
Masses
every
Quite
aside
from
its
review
was
a
favorable
one
with
the
rather
obvious
exception
of
Nazi-controlled
publications.
extraordinary
critical
reception,
one
of
the
most
significant
features
of
this
book
is
the
identity
of
its
author.
The
Revolution
of
Nihilism
is
not
the
savage
complaint
of
a
refugee,
embittered
ficial
by
his
own
personal
loss;
it
is
not
a
super-
impression
prepared
by
a
visiting
journalist.
It
is
an
honest,
searching
appraisal
of
a
man
who
loves
his
country
in-
tensely.
mann
In
the
early
years
of
the
National
Socialist
Regime,
Her-
Rauschning
was
an
important
member
of
the
government
which
he
sincerely
believed
would
lead
Germany
on
a
path
of
peace
and
prosperity.
At
that
time
he
was
one
of
Hitler's
most
trusted
and
eventually
rose
to
be
president
of
the
Danzig
Senate,
in
which
capacity
he
had
constant
access
to
the
inner
sanctum
of
Nazi
ideology.
When
terrorism
and
interna-
confidential
advisors
tional
blackmail
became
the
moving
spirit
of
this
government,
he
found
himself
more
and more
opposed
to
its
policies,
until
his
voluntary
resignation
finally
became
a
conscientious
necessity.
Although
he
may
disagree
with
the
policies
of
the
present
German
ii
PUBLISHER'S
PREFACE
government,
Mr.
Rauschning
is
love
for
his
native
land.
is
still
a
loyal
German
with
a
sincere
He
honestly
believes
that
the
Nazi
regime
and
his
original
it
leading
Germany
to
ultimate
destruction,
pur-
pose
in
writing
this
book
lay
in
the
hope
that
reveal
to
his
fellow
might
help
to
Germans
before
it
was
too
late,
the
disastrous
course
which
the
Nazi
party
was
following.
Perhaps
he
has
failed
to
achieve
this,
but
he
has
succeeded
in
giving
the
Western
na-
tions
a
very
definite
idea of
what
is
in
store
for
them.
graphic,
factual
description
of
the
rise
of
the
National
Socialist
party
in
Germany,
there
is
another
very
vital
its
In
addition
to
factor
which
should
this
book.
make
every
thinking
American
want
to
read
be
expressed
in
the
simple
statement
that
the
National
Socialist
movement
is
not
an
isolated
political
up-
This
may
heaval.
In
the
words
of
revolution,
but
the
final
Mr.
Rauschning,
"Not
the
ending
of
and
complete
fulfilment
of
revolution
in
Western
civilization,
its
extreme
expression
such
is
the
essential
aim
of
National
Socialism."
There
is
a
popular
tendency
to
ex-
plain
the
rise
of
German
National
Socialism
in
terms
of
"Hitler,
the
mad,
inspired
leader,"
"Prussian
militarism,"
and
the
"Ger-
man
love
of
regimentation,"
but
as
Mr.
Rauschning
so
ably
points
out
in
this
book,
there
is
more
to
it
than
that.
For
the
time
being,
the
National
Socialist
ideal
is
caught
in
the
toils
of
a
murderous
war,
but
sooner
or
later
we
shall
feel
its
impact
here
in
America.
When
that
time
comes,
we
must
be
prepared
to
combat
it,
and
to
make
the
necessary
adjustments
without
ever
jeopardizing
any
only
way
we
can
hope
to
achieve
this
is
by
closely
watching
the
other
great
nations
of
the
world
as
they
pass
through
this
era
of
revolutionary
change
and
try
to
profit
by
their
experience
and
avoid
their
mistakes
when
of
our
essential
democratic
prerogatives.
The
That
is
why
Hermann
Rauschning's
The
Revolution
of
Nihilism
is
indeed
a
"Warning
to
the
West"
and
particularly
a
warning
to
America.
we
ourselves
are
faced
with
the
great
crisis.
May
12,
1940
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