Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris

Ian Kershaw has written a fine biography of the Fhrer, a synthesis of existing scholarship supplemented by new archival sources. The emphasis is on Hitler and the society that became enthralled to him, a successful blending of biography and the historical context.... An excellent exposition for scholars and for a public that needs to understand the workings of the most popular and criminal tyranny of the century. -- Fritz Stearn, Columbia UniversityIan Kershaw's immense new life of the dictator...is something of an event, and not merely within the enclosed academic world of Nazi studies....[T]his huge work of scholarship is indispensable to anyone who seeks to understand the murderous phenomenon of Adolf Hitler. -- Robert Harris, author of FatherlandIn quest of *the* definitive explanation of the Hitler phenomenon, Ian Kershaw's prodigious work is an eminently worthy contender....Kershaw brilliantly sets down how Hitler influenced events to serve his grandiose visions. -- Baltimore Sun, Hans Knight, 10 January 1999There can be little doubt that this will become the classic Hitler biography of our time. -- New York Review of Books, Gordon A. Craig, 18 March 1999[A]n exceptional literary achievement. Its scholarship is undeniable...but its reading rhythm is near-hypnotic. We probably never will understand Adolf Hitler fully, but Ian Kershaw provides as many important clues as any author who has attempted to explain him. -- Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram, Jeff Gunn, 31 January 1999[J]oins--might even supplant--works by Joachim Fest and Alan Bullock as first-rate biographies of Hitler. -- Booklist, Gilbert Taylor, 1 January 1999[Kershaw][ has succeeded in creating a first volume...which not only has a different, more energetic tone than others, but it also conveys a vibrantly new impression of Hitler's youth. In the process he corrects many myths, but more exciting, what eventually emerges is an entirely new thesis,. a new insight into how this uniquely calamitous dictator managed to come so close to fulfilling his terrible aims. -- Gitta Sereny, author of Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.