Review of Rehearsal for destruction

Abstract

Reviews the book entitled "Rehearsal for destruction: [A study of political anti-Semitism in imperial Germany]" by P. Massing (see record 1950-05193-000 ). The book is well-written, carefully documented, and scholarly in style, but is strictly a "who did what" (with dates) historical analysis. The absence of any systematic discussion of the group or individual psychological determinants and factors in German anti-Semitism in the period covered (1871-1914) leaves little of interest except for the most zealous student of the subject. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)