Hitler: A Study In Tyranny
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Few figures in modern history have cast as long and devastating a shadow as Adolf Hitler, and Alan Bullock's Hitler: A Study in Tyranny remains the definitive account of the man who brought the world to its knees. Drawing on a vast wealth of primary sources, Bullock chronicles Hitler's rise from obscure Austrian drifter to absolute dictator of the Third Reich, dissecting with forensic precision the psychological cunning, political opportunism, and ideological fanaticism that propelled one of history's most destructive careers. The narrative reconstructs the catastrophic arc of the Nazi regime — from the beer-hall putsch to the fall of Berlin — with a clarity and authority that no subsequent biography has surpassed. Bullock's landmark work argues persuasively that Hitler was not a mystical aberration of history but a supremely skilled political operator who exploited the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic and the complacency of European statesmen with cold, calculated intent. Written in a measured yet utterly compelling prose, the biography situates personal ambition within the broader collapse of European civilisation, illuminating how totalitarianism seduces nations and how ordinary institutions can be bent toward monstrous ends. First published in 1952, this Pelican edition brought Bullock's monumental scholarship to a mass readership, cementing its status as an essential text in twentieth-century historiography — and leaving the reader to wrestle with the most urgent question of the modern age: could it happen again?
Author: Alan Bullock
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in modern history have cast as long and devastating a shadow as Adolf Hitler, and Alan Bullock's Hitler: A Study in Tyranny remains the definitive account of the man who brought the world to its knees. Drawing on a vast wealth of primary sources, Bullock chronicles Hitler's rise from obscure Austrian drifter to absolute dictator of the Third Reich, dissecting with forensic precision the psychological cunning, political opportunism, and ideological fanaticism that propelled one of history's most destructive careers. The narrative reconstructs the catastrophic arc of the Nazi regime — from the beer-hall putsch to the fall of Berlin — with a clarity and authority that no subsequent biography has surpassed. Bullock's landmark work argues persuasively that Hitler was not a mystical aberration of history but a supremely skilled political operator who exploited the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic and the complacency of European statesmen with cold, calculated intent. Written in a measured yet utterly compelling prose, the biography situates personal ambition within the broader collapse of European civilisation, illuminating how totalitarianism seduces nations and how ordinary institutions can be bent toward monstrous ends. First published in 1952, this Pelican edition brought Bullock's monumental scholarship to a mass readership, cementing its status as an essential text in twentieth-century historiography — and leaving the reader to wrestle with the most urgent question of the modern age: could it happen again?