Hitler: A Study In Tyranny
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears and creasing to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark work in twentieth-century biographical history, this definitive account chronicles the life and rise of Adolf Hitler, tracing his path from obscure Austrian origins to the heights of absolute power in Nazi Germany. Alan Bullock, one of Britain's most distinguished historians, presents a meticulously researched portrait of one of history's most destructive figures, drawing on primary sources and wartime documents only recently available at the time of writing. The narrative uncovers the mechanisms of totalitarian rule — the propaganda, the terror, the cult of personality — that allowed a single man to plunge an entire continent into war and genocide. Written with scholarly rigour yet compelling clarity, it remains an authoritative and essential text for understanding how democracies can collapse and how political extremism takes root. Widely regarded as one of the greatest political biographies ever written, this Recommended by the Book Society edition stands as a milestone in the historiography of the Second World War.
Author: Alan Bullock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, Odhams Press
Genre: Biography
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage, tears and creasing to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Binding: Appears intact.
A landmark work in twentieth-century biographical history, this definitive account chronicles the life and rise of Adolf Hitler, tracing his path from obscure Austrian origins to the heights of absolute power in Nazi Germany. Alan Bullock, one of Britain's most distinguished historians, presents a meticulously researched portrait of one of history's most destructive figures, drawing on primary sources and wartime documents only recently available at the time of writing. The narrative uncovers the mechanisms of totalitarian rule — the propaganda, the terror, the cult of personality — that allowed a single man to plunge an entire continent into war and genocide. Written with scholarly rigour yet compelling clarity, it remains an authoritative and essential text for understanding how democracies can collapse and how political extremism takes root. Widely regarded as one of the greatest political biographies ever written, this Recommended by the Book Society edition stands as a milestone in the historiography of the Second World War.