Ian Kershaw
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler, Personality and Power is a masterful reckoning with how character conspired with opportunity to create the modern age's uniquely devastating despots-and how and why other countries found better paths. The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and...
Author
Series
Penguin history of Europe volume 9
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back. After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back,' the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe. Enormous economic improvements transformed the continent. The catastrophic era of the world wars receded...
Author
Publisher
Crítica
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
El siglo XX fue testigo del ascenso de gobernantes que dominaron una gran variedad de instrumentos de control, persuasión y muerte. En el contexto de profundos cambios sociales y despiadadas guerras, estos dirigentes de algún modo obtuvieron la capacidad de hacer lo que desearan sin importar las consecuencias para los demás. ¿Qué tenían estos líderes y la época en la que vivían que les permitía un poder tan ilimitado? ¿Y qué hizo que esa...