Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis

Informationen zum Autor Ian Kershaw is the author of Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis , which received the Wolfson Literary Award for History and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for the Political Book of the Year, and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize. His other books include Making Friends with Hitler , which won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography; Fateful Choices ; The End ; and his histories of modern Europe, To Hell and Back and Roller-Coaster . Klappentext Beginning with Hitler's startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation, from Czechoslovakia to Poland, this title addresses crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism. It explores the Holocaust and the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively. Zusammenfassung Beginning with Hitler's startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation, from Czechoslovakia to Poland, this title addresses crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism. It explores the Holocaust and the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ceaseless radicalization; the drive for expansion; marks of a genocidal mentality; miscalculation; going for broke; licensing barbarism; zenith of power; designing a "war of annihilation"; showdown; fulfilling the "prophecy"; last big throw of the dice; beleaguered; hoping for miracles; luck of the devil; no way out; into the abyss; extinction.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Kershaw
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.10.2001
• EAN: 9780140272390
• ISBN: 978-0-14-027239-0
• No. of pages: 1115
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 50 mm
• Series: Hitler-Biografie; Hitler-Biografie
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; austria, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Biography: historical, political and military, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater