The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler - Leading Millions into the Abyss

Informationen zum Autor Laurence Rees is the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of a large canon of books, including Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution '. His longstanding career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and World War II, includes the acclaimed television series Nazis: A Warning from History, War of the Century , Horror in the East and Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' . The body of work has won him a myriad of awards including a BAFTA. a Grierson Award and an international Documentary Award. He was educated at Oxford University and held the post of Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes. Klappentext Fuelled by hate. Unable to form normal human relationships. Unwilling to debate political issues . In many ways Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet he inspired millions, leading Germany into the cataclysmic events of the Second World War. But how was Hitler able to exert such power over those around him? Award-winning historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees draws on twenty years of research into the Third Reich, as well as contemporary accounts of people who knew Hitler, to examine the nature of Hitler's appeal and reveal the role his unique 'charisma' played in his success. 'Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions' Daily Telegraph Zusammenfassung Adolf Hitler was an unlikely leader – fuelled by hate, incapable of forming normal human relationships, unwilling to debate political issues – and yet he commanded enormous support.

Product details

• Authors: Laurence Rees, Rees Laurence
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2013
• EAN: 9780091917654
• ISBN: 978-0-09-191765-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Series: EBURY PRESS
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Biographien (div.), Hitler, Adolf, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, Far-right political ideologies and movements, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Biography: historical, political and military