Hitler 1889-1936. Hubris. Volume Two.
Ian Kershaw
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Paperback. Hitler. 1889-1936, Hubris. Volume Two. Very slight shelf wear to edge of cover. Contents: List of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Reflecting on Hitler. Fantasy and Failure. Drop-Out. Elation and Embitterment. Discovering a Talent. The Beerhall Agitator. The 'Drummer'. Emergence of the Leader. Mastery Over the Movement. Breakthrough. Levered Into Power. The Making of the Dictator. Securing Total Power. Working Towards the Fuhrer. Glossary of Abbreviations. Notes. List of Works Citied. Index. Illustrated. 845 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.). Seller Inventory # 107004
Bibliographic Details
Title: Hitler 1889-1936. Hubris. Volume Two.
Publisher: Penguin, London England
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Reprint
About this title
In his forthright introduction, Kershaw acknowledges that, as a committed social historian, he did not include biography in his original intellectual plans. However, his "growing preoccupation" with the structures of Nazi domination pushed him toward questions about Hitler's place and considerable authority within that system. He argues that the sources for Hitler's power must be sought not only in the dictator's actions but also (and more importantly) in the social circumstances of a nation that allowed him to overstep all institutional and moral barriers. In a comprehensive treatment of Hitler's life and times up through the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936, Kershaw draws from documents recently made available from Russian archives and benefits from a rigorous source criticism that has discredited many records formerly understood to be reliable. Hubris thus supplants Alan Bullock's classic Hitler: A Study in Tyranny as the definitive account of a man who, with characteristic smugness, indicated that it was a divinely inspired history that made him: "I go with the certainty of a sleep walker along a path laid out for me by Providence." Kershaw's penetrating analysis of how such a certain path could emerge from the dire circumstances of post World War I Germany is the abiding strength of Hubris. --James Highfill
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