Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris & 1936–1945 Nemesis (Two-Volume Set)
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The two volumes of Ian Kershaw's monumental biography of Adolf Hitler are universally regarded as the definitive English-language life of the Nazi dictator, and stand as one of the great works of modern historical scholarship. Kershaw, a British historian and professor who spent much of his career specialising in Nazi Germany, brought an extraordinary depth of archival research and analytical rigour to the project, producing a work of such thoroughness and authority that it effectively set the standard against which all subsequent Hitler biographies are measured. The first volume, Hubris, covering the years 1889–1936, traces Hitler's origins in provincial Austria, his failure as a young artist in Vienna, his radicalisation during and after the First World War, and his gradual, ruthless ascent from obscure agitator to undisputed Führer of Germany — a rise Kershaw explains not through myth or mystique but through the particular vulnerabilities of German society, the collapse of the Weimar Republic, and Hitler's own extraordinary, if deeply sinister, political instincts. The second volume, Nemesis, spanning 1936–1945, follows the trajectory of hubris into catastrophe — chronicling Hitler's increasingly reckless foreign policy gambles, the unleashing of the most destructive war in human history, the systematic genocide of European Jews, and the final disintegration of the Third Reich as reality at last overtook delusion in the ruins of Berlin. Together, the two volumes form not merely a biography but a profound meditation on the nature of power, ideology, and evil, and remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the twentieth century's darkest chapter.
Author: Ian Kershaw
Format: Hardback
Published: 1998, Allen Lane
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The two volumes of Ian Kershaw's monumental biography of Adolf Hitler are universally regarded as the definitive English-language life of the Nazi dictator, and stand as one of the great works of modern historical scholarship. Kershaw, a British historian and professor who spent much of his career specialising in Nazi Germany, brought an extraordinary depth of archival research and analytical rigour to the project, producing a work of such thoroughness and authority that it effectively set the standard against which all subsequent Hitler biographies are measured. The first volume, Hubris, covering the years 1889–1936, traces Hitler's origins in provincial Austria, his failure as a young artist in Vienna, his radicalisation during and after the First World War, and his gradual, ruthless ascent from obscure agitator to undisputed Führer of Germany — a rise Kershaw explains not through myth or mystique but through the particular vulnerabilities of German society, the collapse of the Weimar Republic, and Hitler's own extraordinary, if deeply sinister, political instincts. The second volume, Nemesis, spanning 1936–1945, follows the trajectory of hubris into catastrophe — chronicling Hitler's increasingly reckless foreign policy gambles, the unleashing of the most destructive war in human history, the systematic genocide of European Jews, and the final disintegration of the Third Reich as reality at last overtook delusion in the ruins of Berlin. Together, the two volumes form not merely a biography but a profound meditation on the nature of power, ideology, and evil, and remain essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the twentieth century's darkest chapter.