Author:Adam Tooze
Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy provides a groundbreaking new account of how Hitler established himself in power, mobilized for war - and led his country to annihilation.
Was the tragedy of the Second World War determined by Nazi Germany's terrifying power, or by its fatal weakness?
This gripping and universally-acclaimed new history tells the real story of the cost of Hitler's plans for world domination - and will overturn everything you thought you knew about the Third Reich.
'A tour de force' Niall Ferguson
'Masterful ... smashes a gallery of preconceptions' The Times
'This book will change the way we look at Nazi history ... nothing less than a masterpiece. Rejoice, rejoice, for a great historian is born' Sunday Telegraph
'A remarkable and gripping revision of the history of Nazi Germany' New Statesman Books of the Year
'A powerful and provocative reassessment of the whole story' Richard Overy
In his excellent and lucid account, Shephard fully makes his case that the aftermath of the liberation of Belsen was an episode in which the British can take pride...a powerful and dramatic narrative
—— Frank McLynn , IndependentA solidly researched, scrupulously balanced and sensitive account of the liberation that will serve as a fitting tribute and a guide to future generations about how best to remember Belsen
—— David Cesarini , GuardianA moving story
—— Times Literary SupplementContributors to the ever-growing opus of Holocaust historiography have been accused by some of creating an industry. However, Shephard's contribution is not superfluous and he negotiates his harrowing material surefootedly
—— Katrina Goldstone , Irish Timesprobably the most harrowing book I'll ever read...gripping....its subject matter is something that should never be forgotten
—— Booksellera fascinating, compelling read
—— Ham and HighFew books on the Third Reich offer a genuinely fresh perspective on the period but Roger Moorhouse's engrossing chronicle of the plots against Hitler does
—— Nick Rennison , The Sunday TimesThis book shows what a murderous place Hitler's Reich was, and that the Fuhrer had the devil's own luck
—— M.R.D. FootThe first detailed account of the numerous attempts to kill one of history's most reviled dictators
—— HeraldOsborne has written a fluent and fascinating book.... Read and enjoy this remarkable book
—— THES