Author: Peter Longerich
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-09-05
Total Pages: 1339
ISBN-13: 0190057149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimes Acclaimed historian Peter Longerich, author of Goebbels and Heinrich Himmler now turns his attention to Adolf Hitler in this new biography. While many previous portraits have speculated about Hitler's formative years, Longerich focuses on his central role as the driving force of Nazism itself. You cannot separate the man from the monstrous movement he came to embody. From his ascendance through the party's ranks to his final hours as Führer in April 1945, Longerich shows just how ruthless Hitler was in his path to power. He emphasizes Hitler's political skills as Germany gained prominence on the world's stage. Hitler's rise to, and ultimate hold on, power was more than merely a matter of charisma; rather, it was due to his ability to control the structure he created. His was an image constructed by his regime - an essential piece self-created of propaganda. This comprehensive biography is the culmination of Longerich's life-long pursuit to understand the man behind the century's worst crimes.
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 952
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Howard McGaw Smyth
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 376
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This account of the capture and validation of Italian-Fascist state papers during World War II, some of which only recently have been declassified, is the stuff of high-level intelligence and counterespionage. Inan account that reads like a detective story Howard Smyth reveals fully for the first time how the United States obtained the Fascist documents. As an OSS and State Department officer during the war, Smyth was intimately involved in the validation of the papers, and as a professional historian was uniquely qualified to evaluate their importance. Among the documents Smyth describes are the Lisbon Papers, documents which emanated from the office of Count Ciano as Italian Foreign Minister and which the Italian Government attempted to hide from the Allies; the Ciano Papers: Rose Garden, the German translations of Italian State Papers which Ciano himself set aside to accompany his diary and for which Edda, his wife and Mussolini's daughter, tried to barter her husband's life; and Mussolini's Private Papers, said once to have comprised over 100,000 files, some of which were found in his villa, others on his person during his final flight to avoid capture. Though Dr. Smyth focuses on the problems of the authenticity of the collections, his account of their acquisition weaves an exciting story of high adventure and human drama. Obviously of utmost importance to scholars, the work will be of special interest also to general readers and World War II history buffs.
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 764
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Myron J. Smith
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 354
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Library
Publisher:
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 956
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Evelyn Louise Keenan Seely
Publisher:
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 238
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