What poorly written and turgid 700-page book has sold more than 15 million copies in the past and has recently become a bestseller in Croatia, India, Turkey, Russia, and Qatar?  As a result of a recent decision in Bavaria, Germany, even a schoolchild will know that it is Mein Kampf (My Struggle), written by Adolf Hitler in his prison cell in Landsberg am Lech and signed on October 16, 1924. Though the publication of the book was never technically illegal in Germany, the state of Bavaria that held the copyright refused to allow its republication.  However, that copyright will expire in December 2015, and plans to publish an “annotated” edition are underway.  This version is the result of critical editing of the book by five scholars attached to the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich. Understandable emotion has been aroused by the announcement of republication of the book, a work that can be considered the original blueprint for the...(Read Full Article)