The Origins of Totalitarianism by CIA Agent Arendt led me to the Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression files, which includes Bettelheim's Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations. That's the most interesting writing on the subject I've encountered.
As far as full books go, Anatomy of Fascism stands out as the best-written and among the most intriguing. Ordinary Men is great too. I eventually want to tackle The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich but I've got a few doorstops I need to chew through first.
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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.
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