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Un libro escrito por Kershaw, uno de los historiadores más importantes sobre el período nazi, sobre Hitler y la II Guerra mundial
Esta monumental obra recrea, con una destreza y una intensidad extraordinarias, valiéndose de una inmensa variedad de fuentes, el mundo vital, político y militar de Adolf Hitler. Desde sus raíces provincianas en la Austria de los Habsburgo hasta...more
Esta monumental obra recrea, con una destreza y una intensidad extraordinarias, valiéndose de una inmensa variedad de fuentes, el mundo vital, político y militar de Adolf Hitler. Desde sus raíces provincianas en la Austria de los Habsburgo hasta...more
Published November 18th 2010 by Península (first published 1991)
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Feb 03, 2016Emma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
I'm not sure where to start with reviewing this book. Considering it is a condensed version of Kershaw's two part biography Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, it remains incredibly detailed, well structured, and without significant omission. Having had some personal experience of historical research, on a vastly smaller scale, I can only imagine the time and effort it must have taken to complete a work of this type and I am entirely unsurprised to discover that he was knight...more
Dec 01, 2016Chrissie rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: deals, history, ww2, leaders, bio, audible-uk, austria, 2016-read, germany
My thoughts on completion are to be found below.
Thoughts having completed about of the book:
Did anyone else pick up the audible.co.uk daily deal Hitler on November 14th, 2016?
I was hesitant; it is so darn long (44 hours). Would it be dry? Would it be boring? But it only cost £2.99!! It is long, yes, but not dry or boring. I am reading it now in December 2016. I do NOT understand everything, but enough to hang on and learn more. When I get lost in the acronyms or who is who (and later code name...more
Thoughts having completed about of the book:
Did anyone else pick up the audible.co.uk daily deal Hitler on November 14th, 2016?
I was hesitant; it is so darn long (44 hours). Would it be dry? Would it be boring? But it only cost £2.99!! It is long, yes, but not dry or boring. I am reading it now in December 2016. I do NOT understand everything, but enough to hang on and learn more. When I get lost in the acronyms or who is who (and later code name...more
Jun 14, 2012Emily rated it liked it · review of another edition
Sometimes when I spend too much time reading on the minutiae of the Third Reich, it starts to look strange in my head--like when you look too long at your own hand or ponder the spelling of your own name too long and it begins to seems weird and unreal. I'm not saying that I doubt the facts of the era any more than I doubt my own name or the existence of my hands, just that those facts begin to feel surreal and unbelievable despite their familiarity. This book does nothing to alleviate that feel...more
Jan 10, 2014AC rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: i-get-the-picture, hitler-and-stalin-comparison, fascism
There is a tendency to treat this book as if it were simply the latest encyclopedia article (albeit a long one) on Hitler, rather than as what it is -- viz., part of a long, historiographical polemic on the nature of Nazism and its relation to German history. It is necessary in reading this, in other words, to properly contextualize Kershaw's positions vis-a-vis other scholars.
So, to contextualize:
Ian Kershaw (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Kershaw) was a student (and a disciple) of...
Martin B...more
Dec 03, 2016Ram rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Naturally, it is not easy to review a book like this.
The main question that I have concerning WW2 is
'How could the whole chain of events happen?'
This question can be broken up into many other more specific questions:
How could a weird social outcast, unsophisticated autodidact, a man with no education, a man with no organizational skills, a basically lazy mediocre person , like Hitler, even become a candidate for taking power over Germany?
How could he, in such a short time gain absolute power ove...more
The main question that I have concerning WW2 is
'How could the whole chain of events happen?'
This question can be broken up into many other more specific questions:
How could a weird social outcast, unsophisticated autodidact, a man with no education, a man with no organizational skills, a basically lazy mediocre person , like Hitler, even become a candidate for taking power over Germany?
How could he, in such a short time gain absolute power ove...more
Mar 06, 2016Dimitri rated it liked it · review of another edition
You've read all these facts about Adolf Hitler before and there may be more analysed speeches than anecdotes about his favorite foods, but few authors could've melted 30.000 books on the subject(by the Library of Congress index) into one size. The amount of integrated German-language scholarship, indispensible to the subject, is equally staggering.
It doubles as an eagle-eye view of WWII, alltough it casts about less as fortunes turn at Stalingrad and retreats into a fantasy world that shrinks t...more
May 17, 2010Maureen rated it it was amazing · review of another editionIt doubles as an eagle-eye view of WWII, alltough it casts about less as fortunes turn at Stalingrad and retreats into a fantasy world that shrinks t...more
Shelves: history, biography, reference, non-fiction, holocaust, nazism
A long, slow read, but well worth the effort. I read this after finishing Richard J. Evans three volume history of the Third Reich. Basically, what I have learned from these two authors is that everything I thought I knew about Hitler was pretty much wrong. We live in a world where people seek simple solutions to complex problems, and there is nothing simple about the methods whereby Hitler rose to power. He and his minions maintained control over Germany for twelve years by being absolutely rut...more
Oct 03, 2013Rose Boehm rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This will be a pivotal book for me. So far it keeps me enthralled. For so many years now I have put my German-ness into a big box and sat on it. Except for once (in my first book I relate the German story as seen from a child's POV) I never truly examined what happened in Nazi Germany. I felt like a kid who'd rather avoid the place where the ghosts dwell at night, whistling in the dark.
So, watch this space. I am gobbling it up right now. Shall tell you what I found when I finish. So far it's the...more
Dec 17, 2011Adriana rated it it was amazing · review of another editionSo, watch this space. I am gobbling it up right now. Shall tell you what I found when I finish. So far it's the...more
Shelves: history, world-war-ii, favorites, non-fiction
After months of being immersed in the life of a man thought of by many as the purest example of evil, today I can finally say: IT’S OVER!!!! But don’t get the wrong impression: My sense of release comes not from closing a horrible book, but from ending a fantastic biography about a terrible subject. If you ever want to read a thoroughly researched account of Hitler’s life and not feel like you’ve just found the perfect cure for insomnia, this is the book for you. This is the edited version of th...more
May 02, 2011Elaine rated it liked it · review of another edition
After reading 300 pages of a 956 page biography of Hitler, I decided I couldn't bear another page of minutia about this essentially boring person. I realized that evil people are not necessarily interesting in any way.
Kershaw's scholarship is incredibly extensive and his prose is professional. He deserves 5 stars on both those counts.
However, descriptions of what Hitler wore when he made this speech or that got to be a bit much, as did mention of every location of every speech he made. Every per...more
Kershaw's scholarship is incredibly extensive and his prose is professional. He deserves 5 stars on both those counts.
However, descriptions of what Hitler wore when he made this speech or that got to be a bit much, as did mention of every location of every speech he made. Every per...more
Feb 04, 2015Artiom Karsiuk rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Well, who'd have thunk it? It turns out that Hitler was merely a misunderstood soul and his pure intentions were simply misinterpreted: he actually loved puppies, painting double rainbows and riding ponies. *Psych!* Nah... he was a delusional megalomaniac and a genocidal racist bigot.
As with any political biography, I had no business reading this book [because my knowledge of history and politics is laughable], but I am Russian and live in a post-Soviet state, so the name 'Hitler' carries a lot...more
As with any political biography, I had no business reading this book [because my knowledge of history and politics is laughable], but I am Russian and live in a post-Soviet state, so the name 'Hitler' carries a lot...more
Jun 09, 2019Joe Flynn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Scholarly, balanced, brilliant.
Somehow this mammoth work is a condensed version of the authors two previous Hitler biographies, Hubris and Nemesis, that split his life chronologically. For all except the academic I am sure this work suffices.
Really detailed and insightful of Hitler's early life, the Nazi rise to power, and then through searing highs, the lucky escapes, and ultimate destruction.
Does not get carried away with any unsubstantiated theory or rumor, and dismisses others.
Allows no...more
Somehow this mammoth work is a condensed version of the authors two previous Hitler biographies, Hubris and Nemesis, that split his life chronologically. For all except the academic I am sure this work suffices.
Really detailed and insightful of Hitler's early life, the Nazi rise to power, and then through searing highs, the lucky escapes, and ultimate destruction.
Does not get carried away with any unsubstantiated theory or rumor, and dismisses others.
Allows no...more
Nov 22, 2018Jim Dudley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
An absolutely fascinating read, at times entirely engrossing. As well as an interesting biography this book gives a highly original viewpoint on world war 2.
Dec 05, 2014John rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Having recently read Hitler's Mein Kampf I wanted to read this celebrated biography.It is very well written and maintained my interest throughout - it's a long book!
Hitler's rise to power was stranger than fiction - a poor Austrian with little education, no influential connexions and very few friends - the archetypal loner.But here was a supremely gifted propagandist with the ability to captivate and motivate an audience, whether near or far. His work was admittedly made very much easier as a re...more
Hitler's rise to power was stranger than fiction - a poor Austrian with little education, no influential connexions and very few friends - the archetypal loner.But here was a supremely gifted propagandist with the ability to captivate and motivate an audience, whether near or far. His work was admittedly made very much easier as a re...more
Aug 21, 2012Christoffer rated it really liked it · review of another edition
An excellent biography of Hitler. Highly readable. On the other hand, Kershaw presents nothing new - and maybe it's not much more to say about one of history's most important figures. Fortunately Kershaw stays clear of the temptation to explain Hitler with traditional and higly suspectable myths - that Hitler was homosexual, incestuous, psychopathic or asexual.
Aug 01, 2017Thomas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Very impressive overview of the dictator. Whether or not Kershaw's psychological analysis is correct, it's quite clear he was a delusional man who, somehow (thanks to democracy) got into power, where he used and abused the responsibility he'd been given. Also makes you wonder why the Nazis are portrayed as supremely evil and powerful. If anything their leaders were inept, their soldiers the only reason they won, and this book makes it clear that Germany didn't even have the upperhand for a long...more
Feb 01, 2018S. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: wwii-holocaust, war, german-ic-y, non-fiction, read-in-2018, 5-stars
All day at work I knew when I came home this would be the night this deranged human would die, because I would finish this book.
An excellent book!
It had a slow start because I was traveling a lot and because Hitler is really not that interesting until suddenly he somehow attains power over a party, a country, another country, another country, half a continent. The war years read with suspense and horror, even if you knew most of it before.
I've lived for decades in Germany and feel nevertheless...more
An excellent book!
It had a slow start because I was traveling a lot and because Hitler is really not that interesting until suddenly he somehow attains power over a party, a country, another country, another country, half a continent. The war years read with suspense and horror, even if you knew most of it before.
I've lived for decades in Germany and feel nevertheless...more
Oct 05, 2009John rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
No opinion yet. The introduction suscinctly describes the focus of this book of 1100 pages. The book is effectively written, but I'm not sure I can take that much Hitler. We'll see.
Imagine this scenario. I put aside books about Alexander Herzen and the history of Populism and early socialism in Russia, because they began to bore me. So what do I do? I pick up a biography of Adolph Hitler, a man who has never interested me over much. Go figure.
I've just taken up Kershaw's biography again - now on...more
Imagine this scenario. I put aside books about Alexander Herzen and the history of Populism and early socialism in Russia, because they began to bore me. So what do I do? I pick up a biography of Adolph Hitler, a man who has never interested me over much. Go figure.
I've just taken up Kershaw's biography again - now on...more
Apr 06, 2015Jeffrey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Condensed single-volume edition of the brilliant two-volume original (I got the condensed version as an Audible audiobook). It's the first book I've ever read that makes Hitler understandable not a one-dimensional cartoon character of pure evil, but rather an unspectacular sociopath who felt like an unrewarded genius but just happened to stumble into an environment where his shallow worldview, stunted personality and astonishing speaking skills coincided with a radicalized moment in history wher...more
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Shelves: biography-autobiography, history, holocaust, nonfiction
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The author Ian Shaw wrote this huge biography of Adolf Hitler from birth to death with many details I did not know before such as his mother being a battered wife and Adolf being abused himself. I learned much about why he thought as he did and his motivations. Surprising facts- Hitler adored his mother and singlehandedly took on her care when he was 18 she was dying of cancer when he took care of the household, her and her health needs, and his sister; said that he loved her above all people an...more
Mar 29, 2013Nicolas Bateman rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A dark descent into the abyss of history and politics. This book made me shiver as much as (if not more) any of Mr King's nightmares. Sir Ian Kershaw masterfully brings us face to face with the facts in a very engaging but surprisingly objective way. I would maybe tend to be slightly critical of the syntax than can sometimes become quite disturbing and misleading, but all in all this is The book you should read if you want a better and rounded understanding of this dark(est) period of history.
Dec 30, 2017Matthew Pritchard rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
One of the best, single-volume histories of Hitler, up there with Bullock and Shirer (whom Kershaw often quotes). It takes real talent to make such a complex subject so readable, and Kershaw really brings to life Der Führer and his odious little coterie of sycophants, misanthropes and psychopaths.
Apr 07, 2017Superangela rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
May 19, 2018Kristopher Cussans rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Just finished reading a historical biography of Hitler, written by Ian Kershaw. It was quite long though an interesting insight. Hitler had a tendency to rely on scapegoats and conspiracy theories.
It doesn't take a book to see he was deluded and horrid, but now I understand the intricacy of his delusion a lot better. In quotes of his and his conspiracy thinking. How this conspiracy thinking and scapegoating was influenced by the bigoted press of his time (such as Ostara) as well as 'The Protocol...more
Apr 10, 2014Jan Chlapowski Söderlund rated it it was ok · review of another editionIt doesn't take a book to see he was deluded and horrid, but now I understand the intricacy of his delusion a lot better. In quotes of his and his conspiracy thinking. How this conspiracy thinking and scapegoating was influenced by the bigoted press of his time (such as Ostara) as well as 'The Protocol...more
Shelves: biographies-memoirs, historical-persons-influencing-1900, historical-personalities, history-1900s, realworld, historical
'Hitler' by Ian Kershaw, an 'abridged' version of the original two-volume biography.
An extensive work starting with Hitler's birth and youth, and finishing with his final bullet. The book covers all aspects surrounding this individual - the power-struggles he used to cement his own dominance, general happenings in Germany and the world, people surrounding Hitler, the build-up of his personality cult.
Some initial 'hobby psychologising' on the development of Hitler's personality seemed a bit for...more
An extensive work starting with Hitler's birth and youth, and finishing with his final bullet. The book covers all aspects surrounding this individual - the power-struggles he used to cement his own dominance, general happenings in Germany and the world, people surrounding Hitler, the build-up of his personality cult.
Some initial 'hobby psychologising' on the development of Hitler's personality seemed a bit for...more
Feb 23, 2017Raoul rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This is a very long book. The first half is brilliant, but the second is – unsurprisingly – rather heavy going.
I was inspired to read this by recent political developments. I was hoping to learn what was different about the 1930s, and to some extent I did.
It makes no difference whatever whether they laugh at us or revile us, whether they represent us as clowns or criminals; the main thing is that they mention us, that they concern themselves with us again and again.
I was inspired to read this by recent political developments. I was hoping to learn what was different about the 1930s, and to some extent I did.
A decision which was properly...more
Mar 23, 2011Caroline rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Hitler is perhaps the most significant figure of the 20th century, simply for the impact and lasting effects of his existence. Would the world today be the same place, for better or worse, if not for Hitler? It's an impossible question to answer, but it's hard to think of another public figure who had the same devastating impact on world events.
And yet the man himself is so little known and so little understood. I cannot say I really had any better idea of who he really was or why he did things...more
And yet the man himself is so little known and so little understood. I cannot say I really had any better idea of who he really was or why he did things...more
May 19, 2014Spencer Warner rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This is easily the best, most complete book I have ever read. It took a very long time to do so (seeing as it is essentially 2 books in one) but in the end I found it an enjoyable read despite the fact that I knew what was going to happen at every turn.
What is scary, as is the case with all books of this time period, is how Hitler was at best a bigoted racist but the circumstances and the compliance of the time enabled him o become for a short time the most supreme overlord the world has ever se...more
What is scary, as is the case with all books of this time period, is how Hitler was at best a bigoted racist but the circumstances and the compliance of the time enabled him o become for a short time the most supreme overlord the world has ever se...more
Jan 19, 2016Book rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This book represent comprehensive and fascinating overview of Hitler's life starting from lazy and failed artist in Vienna to the Chancellor of Germany that steered the whole world into one of history's bloodiest wars ever fought.
One of the book's most important aspects is the fact that it is all the time informative but in same time so easy to read.
Author never denies Hitler's undoubted evilness but considers thought-provoking discussions especially involving those that helped Hitler into power...more
One of the book's most important aspects is the fact that it is all the time informative but in same time so easy to read.
Author never denies Hitler's undoubted evilness but considers thought-provoking discussions especially involving those that helped Hitler into power...more
Aug 24, 2009F.R. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Ian Kershaw wrote two books about Hitler: ‘Hubris’ and ‘Nemesis’ and this volume is a bringing together of those tomes – albeit with the notes and some of the context removed, as well as other textual adjustments. As such this possibly isn’t the best version to review (certainly the lack of context means it would be handy to know the broad strokes of the story already).
However even in this form it remains a remarkable achievement, as Kershaw demonstrates how such an oddball, with extreme beliefs...more
However even in this form it remains a remarkable achievement, as Kershaw demonstrates how such an oddball, with extreme beliefs...more
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Professor Sir Ian Kershaw is a British historian, noted for his biographies of Adolf Hitler.
Ian Kershaw studied at Liverpool (BA) and Oxford (D. Phil). He was a lecturer first in medieval, then in modern, history at the University of Manchester. In 1983-4 he was Visiting Professor of Modern History at the Ruhr University in Bochum, West Germany. From 1987 to 1989 he was Professor of Modern Histor...more
Ian Kershaw studied at Liverpool (BA) and Oxford (D. Phil). He was a lecturer first in medieval, then in modern, history at the University of Manchester. In 1983-4 he was Visiting Professor of Modern History at the Ruhr University in Bochum, West Germany. From 1987 to 1989 he was Professor of Modern Histor...more
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“Following a meeting with Hitler, Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, a man who had 'courageously criticized the Nazi attacks on the Catholic Church' - went away convinced that Hitler was deeply religious.” — 4 likes
“General Warlimont, who was present, recalled ‘that none of those present availed themselves of the opportunity even to mention the demands made by Hitler during the morning’. When serving as a witness in a trial sixteen years after the end of the war, Warlimont, explaining the silence of the generals, declared that some had been persuaded by Hitler that Soviet Commissars were not soldiers but ‘criminal villains’. Others – himself included – had, he claimed, followed the officers’ traditional view that as head of state and supreme commander of the Wehrmacht Hitler ‘could do nothing unlawful’.” — 0 likes
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