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Title | : | Hitler (Hitler #1-2) |
Author | : | Ian Kershaw |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 1072 pages |
Published | : | November 17th 2008 by W. W. Norton Company |
Categories | : | History. Biography. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Cultural. Germany. Politics |
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Hardcover | Pages: 1072 pages Rating: 4.33 | 3742 Users | 266 Reviews
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"The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw's Hitler is a new, distilled, one-volume masterpiece that will become the standard work. From Hitler's origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siecle Vienna to the terrifying last days in his Berlin bunker, Kershaw's richly illustrated biography is a mesmerizing portrait of how Hitler attained, exercised, and retained power. Drawing on previously untapped sources, such as Goebbels's diaries, Kershaw addresses crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism, about the Holocaust, and about the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively.Define Books To Hitler (Hitler #1-2)
Original Title: | Hitler: A Biography |
ISBN: | 0393067572 (ISBN13: 9780393067576) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Hitler #1-2 |
Characters: | Alois Hitler, Klara Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Göring, Benito Mussolini, Geli Raubal, Ernst Röhm, Dietrich Eckart, Josef Goebbels, Gregor Strasser, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Erich Ludendorff, Paul von Hindenburg, Heinrich Brüning, Gottfried Feder, Anton Drexler, August Kubizek, Karl Mayr, Franz von Papen, Kurt von Schuschnigg, Walther von Brauchitsch, Adolf Hitler, Albert Speer |
Setting: | Braunau am Inn(Austria) Leonding,1898(Austria) Linz,1898(Austria) …more Vienna,1910(Austria) Munich (München),1919(Germany) Landsberg am Lech,1924(Germany) Berlin,1945(Germany) …less |
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Ratings: 4.33 From 3742 Users | 266 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books Hitler (Hitler #1-2)
This will be a pivotal book for me. So far it keeps me enthralled. For so many years now I have put my German-ness into a big box and sat on it. Except for once (in my first book I relate the German story as seen from a child's POV) I never truly examined what happened in Nazi Germany. I felt like a kid who'd rather avoid the place where the ghosts dwell at night, whistling in the dark.So, watch this space. I am gobbling it up right now. Shall tell you what I found when I finish. So far it's theAn excellent biography of Hitler. Highly readable. On the other hand, Kershaw presents nothing new - and maybe it's not much more to say about one of history's most important figures. Fortunately Kershaw stays clear of the temptation to explain Hitler with traditional and higly suspectable myths - that Hitler was homosexual, incestuous, psychopathic or asexual.
One of the best, single-volume histories of Hitler, up there with Bullock and Shirer (whom Kershaw often quotes). It takes real talent to make such a complex subject so readable, and Kershaw really brings to life Der Führer and his odious little coterie of sycophants, misanthropes and psychopaths.
I raced through the 1030 page behemoth that is Hitler (2009) by Ian Kershaw. It's fascinating. I'd not read a biography of Hitler for many a year and, whilst no expert, cannot imagine anyone else has produced such a compelling account. In the introduction Ian Kershaw explains that this is a slightly abridged version of two earlier books (Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis), minus the numerous and lengthy annotations. It's very readable and feels extremely even handed. With
A well-researched, sober book on a topic that is unpleasant but important, both in its own right and in the light of subsequent mistakes - not least the current government and developments across the pond.
Naturally, it is not easy to review a book like this.The main question that I have concerning WW2 is"How could the whole chain of events happen?"This question can be broken up into many other more specific questions:How could a weird social outcast, unsophisticated autodidact, a man with no education, a man with no organizational skills, a basically lazy mediocre person , like Hitler, even become a candidate for taking power over Germany?How could he, in such a short time gain absolute power
Condensed single-volume edition of the brilliant two-volume original (I got the condensed version as an Audible audiobook). It's the first book I've ever read that makes Hitler understandable not a one-dimensional cartoon character of pure evil, but rather an unspectacular sociopath who felt like an unrewarded genius but just happened to stumble into an environment where his shallow worldview, stunted personality and astonishing speaking skills coincided with a radicalized moment in history
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