Hitler 1936-1945

Oct 10, 2024 2:25 AM

Author:Ian Kershaw

Hitler 1936-1945

Following the enormous success of HITLER: HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; and no period is more important than the Second World War. Beginning with Hitler's startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhinelland occupation and ending nine years later with the suicide in the Berlin bunker, Kershaw allows us as never before to understand the motivation and the impact of this bizarre misfit. He addresses the 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.

Reviews

Compelling . . . as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin

—— Guardian

Fascinating. An intricate, gracefully told and often moving social history of a talented family in times of revolution, civil war, dictatorship and world conflict

—— Rachel Polonsky , New Statesman

A fascinating spy story, a delicious entertainment, a compelling investigation

—— Simon Sebag-Montefiore , Evening Standard

An extraordinary drama of exile and espionage

—— Boyd Tonkin , Independent

Beevor uses the story to evoke a world - the vague ideological borderlands of Nazism and Communism

—— Felipe Fernández-Armesto , The Times

No previous biographer has examined Hitler's devilishness in Kershaw's detail ... his book is so comprehensive, so richly documented and so judicious that it will not soon be superseded

—— Daniel Johnson , Daily Telegraph

A riveting narrative ... the text positively crackles with fascinating insights and interesting perceptions ... this is unquestionably an outstanding biography

—— Frank McLynn , Herald

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