{"product_id":"hitlers-tyranny-a-history-in-ten-chapters-hardcover","title":"Hitler's Tyranny: A History in Ten Chapters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalf Georg Reuth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fresh, stimulating look at Adolf Hitler and his dictatorship throughout the study of ten key aspects.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hitler's tyranny is still difficult to understand today. In this book, Ralf Georg Reuth examines ten aspects of this catastrophe. Among other things, he asks: Was anti-Semitism more pronounced in Germany than elsewhere? Was Versailles really responsible for Hitler's rise and why did the Germans follow a racial fanatic like him? How did his war differ from all others before it? The disturbing answers provide an overall picture that shows Hitler was not the consequence of the depths of German history, but the result of chance, deception, and seduction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This thought-provoking new study takes aim at several of the norms of Hitler scholarship from the past forty years. Reuth interrogates and challenges a range of orthodox views on such topics as how mainstream politicians facilitated Hitler's rise to power, the Führer's infamous pact with Stalin, and the complicity of ordinary Germans in his genocidal tyranny. Eschewing a conventional chronological approach in favor of a forensic analysis of Hitler's mainsprings of action both as chancellor and military commander, Reuth portrays Hitler as the apotheosis of what he argues is a specifically German strain of militarism and imperialism, shifting the focus firmly back to the mindset and modus operandi of Hitler himself. The portrait that emerges is one of a murderous fantasist and political opportunist driven by an all-embracing ideology of racial superiority. Reuth's account courts controversy on a number of points and offers a fascinating counterpoint to much recent scholarship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalf Georg Reuth i\u003c\/b\u003es a German journalist and historian. He has written major biographies of Hitler, Goebbels, and Rommel, along with several books on German history, including\u003ci\u003e Rommel: The End of a Legend\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Peter Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance translator and author. His recent translations include Asfa-Wossen Asserate's \u003ci\u003eKing of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia\u003c\/i\u003e; Johannes Fried's \u003ci\u003eCharlemagne: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e; Dierk Walter's \u003ci\u003eColonial Violence\u003c\/i\u003e; and Gunnar Decker's\u003ci\u003e Hesse: The Wanderer and His Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.45 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392262455474,"sku":"9781913368623","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/d899eb1d06af398d4de1142206db3b2f.webp?v=1777959267","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/hitlers-tyranny-a-history-in-ten-chapters-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}