Hitler

by Ullrich, Volker

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Title Statements

Full title :Hitler. / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Summary

"Despite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in his rise to power and his methods of leadership than in Hitler the person: some have even declared that the Fuhrer had no private life. Yet to render Hitler as a political animal with no personality to speak of, as a man of limited intelligence and poor social skills, fails to explain the spell that he cast not only on those close to him but on the German people as a whole. In the first volume of this biography, Volker Ullrich sets out to correct our perception of the Fuhrer. While charting in detail Hitler's life from his childhood to the eve of the Second World War against the politics of the times, Ullrich unveils the man behind the public persona: his charming and repulsive traits, his talents and weaknesses, his deep-seated insecurities and murderous passions."--Jacket flap.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The Bodley head
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

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The Physical Object

Description:x, 998 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781847922861, 1847922864, 9781847922854, 1847922856
oclc:ocn944430302
LC Classification:DD247.H5
Dewey Decimal:943.086092

The Young Hitler -- The Vienna Years -- The Experience of War -- The Leap into Politics -- The King of Munich -- Putsch and Prosecution -- Landsberg Prison and Mein Kampf -- Fuhrer on Standby -- Dark Star Rising -- Hitler and Women -- Bids and Bluffs -- Month of Destiny: January 1933 -- Hitler as Human Being -- Totalitarian Revolution -- Eviscerating Versailles -- Cult and Community -- Dictatorship by Division, Architecture of Intimidation -- The Berghof Society and the Fuhrer's Mistress -- Hitler and the Churches -- Prelude to Genocide -- The Way to War.

Subjects

Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1933-1945 Allemagne -- Politique et gouvernement … Biographies Biography Case studies Chefs d'État -- Biographies. -- Allemag… dictators Dictators -- Biography. -- Germany Germany Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 Germany -- Politics and government -- 1… Heads of state Heads of state -- Biography. -- Germany History Hitler, Adolf National Socialism Nazisme Personality Personality -- Case studies Personnalité -- Études de cas