Hitler, 1889-1936 (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ian Kershaw
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: Nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Setting: Europe
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Dictators, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Nazism or Nazis
- Locales: Europe
Tremors caused by Parkinson’s disease eventually turned Adolf Hitler’s handwriting into a scribble, but not before the twentieth century was marked by his signature more than any other. Hitler’s life continues to be a disturbing puzzle whose complexities attract and resist the biographers who try to solve it. Hitler, 1989-1936: Hubris, the first installment of a projected two-volume work by British historian Ian Kershaw, a veteran interpreter of Nazi Germany, is among the most ambitious, accurate, and successful attempts to do so. Nevertheless, even Kershaw’s brilliant...
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