Mein Kampf: Complete and Unabridged, Fully Annotated

xxxvi, 1003 pp. 8vo. An unabridged and annotated English translation of Hitler's infamous autobiography, which was originally published in the United States in a significantly altered form. 14-page pamphlet bound in preceding text explains Hitler's desire that the full version of this work not be published outside Germany, but that this edition has been sponsored to offer the American reader a complete picture of Hitler's viewpoints. Names on the sponsorship committee list include: Pearl Buck; Dorothy Canfield; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Theodore Dreiser; Albert Einstein; Thomas Mann; and Eugene O'Neill. The pamphlet also includes a review by Dorothy Thompson. Mein Kampf, English: My Struggle, is a book by Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited by Jesuit priest Bernard Staempfle who later perished during the Night of the Long Knives. Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes" after his failed revolution in Munich in November 1923. Though Hitler received many visitors earlier on, he soon devoted himself entirely to the book. As he continued, Hitler realized that it would have to be a two-volume work, with the first volume scheduled for release in early 1925. The prison governor of Landsberg noted at the time that 'he [Hitler] hopes the book will run into many editions, thus enabling him to fulfill his financial obligations and to defray the expenses incurred at the time of his trial.'