The Last Days of Hitler - Couverture souple

Trevor Roper, Hugh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447218612 ISBN 13 : 9781447218616

Editeur : Pan Books, 2012

Synopsis

The Last Days of Hitler

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*Listed as one of the Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time*

'Some books simply exude excitement and self-confidence, as if the writer is on fire with ideas, or intoxicated with information. This is one of those titles...remains unsurpassed' Robert McCrum, The Guardian

'Brilliantly written and researched, The Last Days of Hitler remains the most vivid account of the final Wagnerian chapter of Hitler's tyranny' Max Hastings

In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written.

The Last Days of Hitler tells the extraordinary story of those last days of the Thousand Year Reich in the Berlin Bunker. Besieged in the shattered capital, but still dominating the remains of his court, Hitler reiterated the original alternative of Nazism: either total victory or annihilation. This book is the record of that carefully prepared, ceremonious finale to a terrible chapter of history.

'This is an incomparable book, by far the best written on any aspect of the second German war: a book sound in scholarship, brilliant in its presentation . . . No words of praise are too strong' A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman

'A masterpiece' The Times

'A brilliant study' Guardian

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Berlin a bizarre and gripping episode punctuated by power play and competition among Hitler's potential successors. "From exhaustive research [Trevor-Roper] has put together a carefully documented, irrefutable, and unforgettable reconstruction of the last days in April, 1945" New Republic "A book sound in its scholarship, brilliant in its presentation, a delight for historians and laymen alike" A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1447218612
• ISBN 13: 9781447218616
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288