Hitler

Name: Hitler
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ISBN: 9780415436465

ISBN-10: 041543646X

ISBN-13: 9780415436465

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael Lynch

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Adolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject of perennial fascination. This new accessible biography looks at Hitler's life from his childhood, his time as a drop out, his awakening as a revolutionary and his then relatively conventional ascent to power. The story charts the days of Nazi Germany and the Second World War through to Hitler's humiliating defeat and death in his bunker. Michael Lynch addresses the fundamental question surrounding Hitler: Was he was the product of a unique, extraordinary epoch, or was he its creator? In the…

Book details

List price: $54.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.792

Michael Lynchis professor in the Science & Technology Studies Department at Cornell University.Simon Coleis the author ofSuspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification.Ruth McNallyis a senior research fellow at the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics at Lancaster University.Kathleen Jordanhas a Ph.D. in sociology from Boston University and is currently a student at the Rhode Island School of Design.



List of maps


List of figures and tables


Chronology


Introduction



Aimless years, 1889-1919



Moving from Left to Right, 1919-22



Building a party, 1922-29



Manoeuvring into office, 1929-33



The Third Reich, 1933-39



Foreign affairs, 1933-38



Hitler's Germany



Towards war, 1938-39



Hitler's Reich at war, 1939-41



Defeat and disaster, 1942-45


Conclusion


Notes


Further reading


Index