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A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."--Newsweek
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A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."--Newsweek
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Realistic View of Hitler,
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This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
By the end of John Toland's biography on Hitler, I am suprised to find myself left with a feeling of sadness for this man. Toland provides such a realistic, neutral viewpoint of Adolf Hitler that you begin to realize that this man started out an ordinary human being just like you and I. The rise and fall of Hitler is portrayed so incredibly and with such detail that I now have a much greater understanding of Hitler and the World War II era. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the history of WWII, Germany, Hitler, and the start of the Holocaust.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Of the ones I've read this is the DEFINITIVE one!,
By Mannie Liscum (Columbia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
As an amateur student of WWII history I have tried hard to understand more about how the major "players" came to be, thought, and operated before, during, and after (when applicable) the war. John Toland's biography of Hitler is an amazing piece of historical literature!! If you've ever read any of Toland's books (I've read "Battle: The Story of the Bulge" and "The Last 100 Days" - both excellent) you know he can convey a story that makes the words feel alive. He does that here equally as well in a 900 page masterpiece. He starts with a historical background of the Hitler lineage (and possible Jewish blood!) and ends in with various Nazi elites and their capture, deaths, etc after the fall of Berlin and Hitler's suicide. In between we get a marvelous picture of a child Adolf - his closeness to his mother and estrangement from his father; a young man searching for his place - time spent in Vienna flop houses struggling to survive, failing to acheive and finding his place in the political upheaval leading to the Great War; his time at the front - from runner to gassed Iron cross winner; his "Time of Struggle" in forming the NADSP and leading a failed putsch, prison, and release to a country ready to embrace him; to his rise to Chancellor, dictator, statesman, warlord, self-proclaimed Christ, mass murderer; to a broken, pre-aged, sickly man how ultimately takes his own life to avoid paying the butchers bill. Toland weaves a story that is both easy to read and historically engaging. I learned a lot and had fun doing it - just the way I love history!!!Highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good first biography,
By irnmtn25 (Colonial Heights, VA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography (Paperback)
I read this book behind Mein Kampf (MK) in 1991. I was 16 then, and much of what was in MK was confusing and hard to understand. Hitler meant MK to be read by adherents to the Nazi party and, therefore, those people would know the history behind what was written in the book. John Toland does a wonderful job in writing an easily accessible and understandable biography for the person who is just beginning to study this complex era in our world's history. His research is well documented throughout the book, and one can get a good sense of what Hitler was like and how life was under his rule from 1933-1945. Also, this book gives a good insight into the men and women who supported the National Socialist movement and how their influence dictated the rise and fall of the Third Reich. One can easily find themselves studying other influential people in Hitler's circle as well as Hitler himself. Toland does a very good job of not painting a judgemental picture of the subject of which he is writing about.I would highly recommend this tome for anyone who is interested in learning the basic information regarding Hitler and the Third Reich. (Of course, it should be no substitute for Mein Kampf. If you want to know what Hitler was thinking....why not read his own words for yourself?)
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