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  • HITLER: 1936-1945 Nemesis

  • By: Ian Kershaw
  • Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
  • Length: 38 hrs and 29 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (549 ratings)

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HITLER: 1936-1945 Nemesis

By: Ian Kershaw
Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
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The climax and conclusion of one of the best-selling biographies of our time. The New Yorker declared the first volume of Ian Kershaw's two-volume masterpiece "as close to definitive as anything we are likely to see," and that promise is fulfilled in this stunning second volume.

As Nemesis opens, Adolf Hitler has achieved absolute power within Germany and triumphed in his first challenge to the European powers. Idolized by large segments of the population and firmly supported by the Nazi regime, Hitler is poised to subjugate Europe. Nine years later, his vaunted war machine destroyed, Allied forces sweeping across Germany, Hitler will end his life with a pistol shot to his head.

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"More probing, more judicious, more authoritative in its rich detail...more commanding in its mastery of the horrific narrative." (Milton J. Rosenberg, Chicago Tribune)

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The Definitive Biography

Sir Ian Kershaw’s two-volume biography is the standard against which any other Hitler bio is measured. It is simply non pareil.

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Fantastic, enthralling, may make you miserable.

Oh jesus christ humans. There's no excuse.
It's just people, just fear and pride and a thirst for honor. It's the cultural ulmination of the veneration of warfare and power.

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Best Biography of Adolf Hitler

Ian Kershaw does and absolutely amazing job. He delves into the mind of Hitler and those around him. Explains in depth the nature of the Fuhrur cult, working towards the Fuhrur. Kershaw also examines the complexities of Nazi bureaucracy and the conflicting interests the dogged the Nazi system. A must read for any World War II historian.

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starts slow..then picks up

I've read em all, thought I had it h
down but the NADSM has surprises U didn't even know about..and Ian get his his big boy pants on on this one, and delivers a home run, hang in the beginning and just get mouth dropped once the story that you thought you knew well.kicks in!

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Comprehensive

Very in-depth coverage of the last half of the Third Reich. Much more than a biography it shows how Hitler's personality and ideas influenced the war and the government.

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The definitive work on AH.

This is one of the best biographies ever written. Both volumes are incredibly important works and should be pursued by anyone looking to know more on the subject

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Masterpiece

A very long book that worked well as audiobook due to superb narration. Such a complex book can be hard to follow, but the reader's phrasing helped me focus.

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One of the best and informative biographies ever.

amazingly informative, in depth, and overall the go to guide for anything Hitler. A must read or listen.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Sir Ian Kershaw told this in great detail. Something everyone interested in WWII should read.

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A must read for all Hitler scholars and WWII buffs.

Kershaw writing nearly two full generations from the Third Reich has the benefit of Goebles Diary and all the preceding scholars. His summation is interesting. Though not a bash on all German's his summation like most scholars is the seemingly unanswered question of how a modern,educated,highly advance Nation like the Germany of the 1930's fell into the spell of Hitler. But if yo look at the British Aristocracy that ruled Britain until Churchill was called in by the common people , I believe that most European countries were not anti Hitler just afraid of his military might.

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