The 'Hitler Myth', 2nd Edition
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$43.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2001
Summary
The Hitler Myth: Unveiling the Cult of the Führer
Few twentieth-century political leaders enjoyed greater popularity among their own people than Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s. This remarkable study delves into Hitler’s extraordinarily powerful hold over the German people, exploring the myth that sustained one of the most notorious dictators.
Ian Kershaw argues that Hitler’s power lay not so much in his personality or his bizarre Nazi ideology, as in the social and political …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192802064 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0192802062 |
| Author: | Ian Kershaw |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“The strength of Kershaw’s study is that he moves beyond a description of the construction of the ‘Hitler myth’ to analyze its strength and resiliency.”–The Richmond Times-Dispatch
`Review from previous edition a book which should be read by everyone interested in the history of 20th-century Europe … perhaps the most revealing study available of popular opinion in Nazi Germany’Times Higher Education Supplement
About The Author
Ian Kershaw
Ian Kershaw is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield. His publications include Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich: Bavaria 1933-45; (ed.), Weimar: Why did German Democracy Fail?; Hitler: A Profile in Power; The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation; (ed., with Moshe Lewin), Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison; Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris. His focus includes numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era. His research interests extend to include numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era.
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