The Beast from the Abyss by Hermann Rauschning

The Beast from the Abyss

by Hermann Rauschning

translated by E. W. Dickes

William Heinemann, 1941, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscriptions on front endpaper, minor foxing to edges and introductory pages, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping chipping and small tears, some discoloration and foxing, small holes on front (see photographs)

“Dr. Rauschning’s new book, written in diary form, gives his day-to-day impressions of the Battle of London and the heroic endurance of the people of the Capital.  Interspersed with these are reflections that attempt to help to clear up the political confusions of the present time.
He likens the nights in the cellars and shelters of London to the voyage between decks in a new Mayflower, making for a better future.   What are the dangers of the voyage, and what does the future hold?
He points out that it is not only the German armed forces that have to be defeated, but also, and far more important, the spread of the ideas of the Nihilist World Revolution, of a new absolutism, bureaucratism, and centralised control of all social and economic life”.