Hitler
Given his status as arguably the most despised political figure in history, it is surprising that there have only been four serious biographies of the Fuhrer since the 1930s. Perhaps even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in how he came to power and how he exercised his leadership than in Hitler the person. Yet to render Hitler as a political animal with no personality to speak of, as a man of limited intelligence and poor social skills, does little to explain the spe…
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- Full title :Hitler. / Volker Ullrich ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.
Summary
Given his status as arguably the most despised political figure in history, it is surprising that there have only been four serious biographies of the Fuhrer since the 1930s. Perhaps even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in how he came to power and how he exercised his leadership than in Hitler the person. Yet to render Hitler as a political animal with no personality to speak of, as a man of limited intelligence and poor social skills, does little 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 magisterial 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, Ullrich unveils the man behind the public persona: his charming and repulsive traits, his talents and weaknesses, his deep-seated insecurities and murderous passions.
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- Publication Date:2016.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Bodley head
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
Notes
"Originally published in Germany ... copyright 2013, S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main"--Title page verso.
V. 1. Ascent 1889-1939.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 998 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of black and white plates : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781847922854, 1847922856, 9781847922861, 1847922864
- oclc:ocn945718338
- LC Classification:DD247.H5
- Dewey Decimal:943.086092
Table of Contents
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.
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