HITLER 1936-1945: NEMESIS PB B FORMAT – IAN KERSHAW

Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, Ian Kershaw s Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; and no period is more important than the Second World War. Beginning with Hitler s startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation, from Czechoslovakia to Poland; addressing crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism; exploring the Holocaust and the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively; and ending nine years later with the suicide in the Berlin bunker, Kershaw allows us as never before to understand Hitler s motivation and impact. Magisterial … anyone who wishes to understand the third reich must read Kershaw, for no on has done more to lay bare Hitler s morbid psyche Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph An achievement of the very highest order … a marvellous book Michael Burleigh, Financial Times No previous biographer has examined Hitler s devilishness in Kershaw s detail … his book is so comprehensive, so richly documented and so judicious that it will not soon be superseded Daniel Johnson, Daily Telegraph Ian Kershaw s other books include Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, Making Friends with Hitler, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-4 and The End: Hitler s Germany, 1944-45. Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis received the Wolfson History Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year, and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize.