Hitler 1936-1945, 9780140272390
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Hitler’s war years: ambition, destruction, and the twisted legacy.

Hitler 1936-1945

nemesis

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    1168 pages

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    24 October 2001

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Summary

Hitler: Descent into the Abyss, 1936-1945

Following the enormous success of Hitler: Hubris, this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth-century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; and no period is more important than the Second World War.

Beginning with Hitler’s startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation and ending nine years later with the …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140272390
ISBN-10:0140272399
Series:Allen Lane History
Author:Ian Kershaw
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:1168
Edition:1st
Release Date:24 October 2001
Weight:869g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 50mm
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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year, and the inaugural British Academy Book Prize.

Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year, and the inaugural British Academy Book Prize. Prizes and awards

About The Author

Ian Kershaw

IAN KERSHAW’s other books include Hitler 1889-1936- Hubris; Making Friends with Hitler; Fateful Choices- Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-4; and The End- Hitler’s Germany, 1944-45. Hitler 1936-1945- Nemesis received the Wolfson History Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year, and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize. Until his retirement in 2008, Ian Kershaw was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield. For services to history he was given the German award of the Federal Cross of Merit in 1994. He was knighted in 2002 and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2004. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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