Hitler (Volume 1, Volume 2)

Author: (English) Ian Kershaw, translated by Liao Liling, Fang Qiu, et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Ian Kershaw is one of the leading figures in the global study of Hitler and one of the most important biographers of Hitler. His biography "Hitler" has attracted widespread attention from the world media. The Times, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal all published articles reviewing the book, calling it a groundbreaking work that has made many previous Hitler biographies outdated. It is a landmark study of the Third Reich and Hitler. This magnificent masterpiece explains the historical fact that Hitler won the "hearts" of the Germans and how he acquired and exercised absolute power. Why the most powerful nation in the world would submit to such highly personalized rule, and yet this very rule won the cheers of millions. People were unable to free themselves from the will of one individual, who was leading them accurately down the path of destruction. How could citizens of a modern nation become complicit in genocide, and how could a nationwide, unprecedented large-scale massacre be carried out. The entire continent suffered devastation, and their nation was ultimately overthrown. The author points out that the German people nurtured Hitler's arrogant personality. The German people made the biggest gamble in their historical destiny, and the gamble's goal—complete domination of the European continent—was the incentive that drove them to take risks. They must bear the consequences that followed. Looking back at history from today, this gamble itself meant self-destruction. It is a story of a nation and its representatives destroying themselves, as well as the process by which they designed their own disaster, with the consequences devastating the entire European civilization. This book examines the personal and non-personal factors that made up this extremely important historical period, in order to find out how Hitler was able to expand his power to the point where he could determine the fate of millions of people; and to find out why Hitler and Nazism caused immense harm to Germany and the world.