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Francois Furet - What was new about Hitler and Stalin...
What was new about Hitler and Stalin was what Friedrich Meinecke, in an attempt shortly after World War II to express his horror at Hitler's moral nihilism, called a ‘Machiavellianism of the masses. (Francois Furet)

What was new about Hitler and Stalin was what Friedrich Meinecke, in an attempt shortly after World War II to express his horror at Hitler's moral nihilism, called a ‘Machiavellianism of the masses.

Francois Furet

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