Ian Kershaw's "Hitler" allows us to come closer than ever before to a serious understanding of the man and of the catastrophic sequence of events which allowed a bizarre misfit to climb from a Viennese dosshouse to leadership of one of Europe's most sophisticated countries. With extraordinary skill and vividness, drawing on a huge range of sources, Kershaw recreates the world which first thwarted and then nurtured the young Hitler. As his seemingly pitiful fantasy of being Germany's saviour attracted more and more support, Kershaw brilliantly conveys why so many Germans adored Hitler, connived with him or felt powerless to resist him.
- ISBN10 0141886072
- ISBN13 9780141886077
- Publish Date 4 October 2002 (first published 24 September 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 June 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format eBook
- Language English