Ian Kershaw
Birth date: April 29, 1943
Ian Kershaw's Books
This is a book that, having read Ian Kershaw's massive two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler (which he wrote afterward), I didn't think I needed to read. Now I realize how wrong I was; this is one of the absolute must-reads for anyone seeking to understand how the Third Reich functioned. Kershaw's ...
Nel 1876 Alois Schicklgruber cambiò il proprio nome in Alois Hitler. Nel 1884, da Roma, giunse la dispensa ecclesiastica che autorizzava Alois a sposare Klara, sua cugina di secondo grado. Il 20 aprile 1889 nasceva il quarto figlio, il primo che sarebbe sopravvissuto all’infanzia: Adolf Hitler. Vole...
I've always found historical series to be curious in a way. A series suggests a degree of homogenization: a number of books grouped together by a common theme or goal. In the case of the Penguin History of Europe series, the goal to to provide an overview of Western/European history from ancient tim...
'He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.' - Friedrich Nietzsche. I've studied Nazi Germany for years through my courses at university, college and High school, but also as an intere...
superb analysis!!!a great read.