Hitler: A Biography

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anyone who wishes to understand the Third Reich must read Kershaw.”—Niall Ferguson“The Hitler biography of the twenty-first century” (Richard J.

Evans), Ian Kershaw’ s Hitler is a one-volume masterpiece that will become the standard work.

From Hitler’s origins as a failed artist in fin-de-siècle Vienna to the terrifying last days in his Berlin bunker, Kershaw’ s richly illustrated biography is a mesmerizing portrait of how Hitler attained, exercised, and retained power.