"... an analysis of the events of the Second World War and the Holocaust which did not place some emphasis on the core ideological principles and ambitions of the National Socialist movement would be partial and inadequate at best." (Neil Gregor, How to Read Hitler)
Can you rephrase the emphasized part with different words?
fail to stress, at least in some measure, the importance of
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alibey1917which did not place some emphasis on
~ which neglected/failed to discuss in some detail
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