I had the paperback when I was in college. I tried to read it. I couldn't get very far. Seemed to be just one long rambling stream-of-consciousness rant.
Well at least he didn't have a ghost writer.
It was pure drudgery.
That's what I kind of thought. It seems like it would make for an interesting read -- something written by a brilliant angry psychopath -- who took over the greater part of Europe for a season. But then you have to say -- 'interesting, but not worth wasting time reading the thoughts of a madman'.
Kind of like the Koran. I actually have that one and have tried to read it a few times - but I never get past the first few chapters. It really is a small book -- but it provides nothing of value. Just venom, anger, and the 'good stuff' are obvious statements that could have been (and probably were) plagiarized from other religions. Too little time to waste on reading crap - so unlikely that I will ever get through it.
The only thing Hitler got right in ‘’Mein Kampf’’ was his name. He dictated the thing to Rudolf Hess when they were cellmates in Landsberg Prison. The original title was ‘’My Four Year Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice’’. Hess mercifully shortened it to ‘’Mein Kampf’’. As bad as the book was there was an even more turgid and unreadable opus by Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi Party ‘’philosopher’’ called “The Myth Of The Twentieth Century’’. Even Hitler confessed to finding it ‘’unreadable’’. When the guy who wrote history’s all time worst book says that about one of his buddies you know it’s bad.
I tried reading it once. At the time I read many non-fiction books in 2-3 days. I gave up this one after 6 weeks.