What are the motifs in Hitler by Ian Kershaw?

Appeasement is a recurring idea in the book. Many people wonder after the fact how Hitler is allowed to get as far as he does. In the beginning of the rise of Hitler to power, there is tremendous guilt in Britain and France over the Versailles Treaty. The Versailles Treaty of 1919 declares that German is responsible for World War I. Germany loses all its colonies, large territories in Europe and is forced to pay a huge amount of war reparations. The payment of these war reparations causes tremendous upheaval in Germany. In 1923, under conditions of hyperinflation, Hitler is able to make his first attempt to seize power in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch.