The Hour Of Decision, Part One: Germany And World-Historical Evolution by Spengler, Oswald; Translated By Charles Francis Atkinson - 1934

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Xvi, 230, Xii. Black Cloth Stamped In Gilt On Spine And In Blind On Front Cover. "First And Second Printings Before Publication", February 12, 1934, Stated On Copyright Page. Very Good, No Marks, 1/4" Red Dampstain On Front Free Endpaper. Unlaminated Dust Jacket Priced $2.50, Quite Worn And Frayed And Torn, Spine And Rear Panels Completely Separated, Chip At Bottom Of Spine Removing The Publisher's Name; Only A Fair Example, But All 1934 Dust Jackets Are Very Scarce.Spengler May Be Considered The Quintessential Bourgeois Ultra-Conservative Historian, Who Found Democracy Itself To Be The Great Evil Of The Previous 200 Years, Advocating Instead A Return To Prussian-Like State Control. Despite Western Defeat Of Nazism In The 20Th Century, By And Large, This Anti-Democratic Philosophy Itself Has Permeated Western Politics, Economics, Colonialism, And Covert Foreign Political Activity For Those Same Two Hundred Years ( And May Be Considered To Have Likewise Permeated All Political Life Since The Beginnings Of The State Itself). His Unapologetic Statement Of It As A Legitimate Philosophy Was Intellectually Overdue, However Reprehensible It Appears In Retrospect To A Slight Majority Of People. Spengler Thought He Was Writing A Call To Action, But, Like All Political Theoreticians, Was Merely Providing An Intellectual Justification For A Part Of Current Culture. The Question That Remains For Democrats Is Not How To Be "More Democratic"; It Is What Is To Be Done To Minimize The Destructiveness Of Those Who Are Against The Fullest Manifestations Of Democracy For All.