What I’m Reading: …a leadership structure in which authority flowed downward from a supreme national leader…

This new series is an ongoing collection of quotes from the books I am currently reading. — Douglas


“Hitler, a mesmerizing public speaker, addressed political meetings in Munich calling for a new German order to replace what he saw as an incompetent and inefficient democratic regime. This New Order was distinguished by an authoritarian political system based on a leadership structure in which authority flowed downward from a supreme national leader.”

From How Did Hitler Happen? from the National WWI Museum | New Orleans

What I'm Reading: ...a leadership structure in which authority flowed downward from a supreme national leader...

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