How does historian A. J. P. Taylor characterize Hitler's role in starting WWII?

a. As a meticulous balance-of-power player
b. As little more than an opportunist stepping into power vacuums
c. As the defining cause of WWII
d. As the intellectual source of the initial war planning, but not a major cause of the war
e. As a force that actually reduced the possibility of war because his openly racist views alienated possible allies against the West


Answer: b

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