The Hitler of History
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Ebook · November 3, 1998
"A valuable service . . . serious, entertaining, provocative and distinctive." --Cleveland Plain Dealer In the fifty years since his suicide amid the ruins of Berlin, Adolf Hitler has been the subject of more biographies than any comparable figure of our time--and at the center of a crucial historical debate over the nature of evil and moral responsibility in the twentieth century.
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, history-forward companion to The Hitler of History.
- Genres
- Historiography, German History, Political Lives
- Published
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, November 3, 1998
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"A valuable service . . . serious, entertaining, provocative and distinctive." --Cleveland Plain Dealer In the fifty years since his suicide amid the ruins of Berlin, Adolf Hitler has been the subject of more biographies than any comparable figure of our time--and at the center of a crucial historical debate over the nature of evil and moral responsibility in the twentieth century.
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In this brilliant and original book, the historian John Lukacs climbs above the fray to produce a definitive "history of a history: the history of the evolution of our understanding of Hitler's life and our debates about its meaning." Like an expert attorney, Lukacs puts the biographies on trial, identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and hidden agendas. And through their intersecting and conflicting accounts, he addresses the enduring enigmas surrounding the demiurge of the Third Reich. Was Hitler a revolutionary or a reactionary? How successful was he as a statesman and a strategist? What was his primary motive for the extermination of the Jews? The Hitler of History answers these questions as fully as any modern work can hope to, with an intellectual boldness that makes it absolutely essential to any understanding of the post-Hitler world. "Lukacs is a shrewd historian and an engaging writer . . . a sharp and sober portrait." --Philadelphia Inquirer
History Lens
A serious, history-forward companion to The Hitler of History.
Come here for
- history-first angle
- book-club conversation fuel
Expect
- cultural-literacy context
- essayistic biographical framing
Where it sits
| Historiography | 32% |
|---|---|
| German History | 26% |
| Political Lives | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- German History
- Historiography
- Literature & History
- Authors
- John Lukacs
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- November 3, 1998
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- German History