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Hitler / Ian Kershaw

By:

Kershaw, Ian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton , 1999-2000.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 2 v. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393049947

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

92 HIT

LOC classification:

DD247.H5 K462 1999

Contents:

[1]. 1889-1936, hubris -- [2]. 1936-1945, nemesis.

Summary: Finally, the one-volume edition of Ian Kershaw's definitive and masterful biography of Hitler. "The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw'sHitleris a new, distilled, one-volume masterpiece that will become the standard work. From Hitler's origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siécle 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. 151 photographs; 8 maps.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	92 HIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		037311

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

[1]. 1889-1936, hubris -- [2]. 1936-1945, nemesis.

Finally, the one-volume edition of Ian Kershaw's definitive and masterful biography of Hitler. "The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century" (Richard J. Evans), Ian Kershaw'sHitleris a new, distilled, one-volume masterpiece that will become the standard work. From Hitler's origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siécle 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. 151 photographs; 8 maps.

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