The Hitler of History (repost)
John Lukacs, "The Hitler of History"
1999 | ISBN: 0375701133 | PDF | 304 pages | 5 MB
1999 | ISBN: 0375701133 | PDF | 304 pages | 5 MB
Expertly assessing the vast outpouring of Hitler studies, an emeritus professor of history not only unveils their authors' biases but manages to penetrate the most enduring enigmas surrounding Hitler.
The horrible life and work of Adolf Hitler have long raised puzzling questions for historians: How could the putatively civilized German nation allow a leader to plunge it into murderous barbarism? Why did the rest of Europe not put a stop to Hitler's rise before Germany could amass imperial power? How did Hitler transform bourgeois anti-Semitism into the Holocaust? John Lukacs addresses these and many other questions in this book of essays on the many problems Hitler and his regime present to historians. He assesses the contemporary, too-abundant literature, and makes some surprising and controversial evaluations.