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Overview
The Hitler regime warns us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality. This illustrated A–Z biographical companion provides easily accessible information about the key events in Hitler's life, his most important collaborators and opponents, his domestic and foreign policies, the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult, racial persecution and the Holocaust, and Hitler as a war leader.
Adolf Hitler also includes an introduction, a chronology, maps, primary source documents, a general bibliography, and index.
Synopsis
This A—Z biographical sourcebook provides information about the life and times of Adolf Hitler, along with insight into the political movement and world conflict he created.
Library Journal
Does the world need another book about Adolf Hitler? It is unlikely, although Nicholls (history, Exeter Univ. and Leeds Univ.; Napoleon: A Biographical Companion, LJ 11/1/99) has written a usable single-volume reference on the subject. The book's strength is its use of current scholarship on the Nazis, including a brilliant article on the Historikerstreit, the historiographical controversy regarding the Holocaust among scholars. Nicholls strives to represent fairly a variety of views, but in the end, all the articles are his. The appendix using Hitler's own words to present his worldview is very well done. Unfortunately, Nicholls relies too heavily on secondary sources, making the book inferior to The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich (Macmillan, 1991. o.p.; Da Capo, 1997), which set the standard for reference books on the Third Reich with its extensive use of primary documents from German archives. Thus, Adolf Hitler is an adequate alternative to libraries that do not possess The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, but those that do can pass unless they wish to be complete on the subject. (Index not seen.)--Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, IA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"The information and analysis are very helpful to anyone seeking to understand this dark and complicated man and the impact he had on human history. Students will find this volume a good place to begin research on Hitler, and the bibliographies will help them find more complete information. Recommended for high school, public, and undergraduate libraries."
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Booklist
"'Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion is an orderly and succinct work that provides easy access to a good deal of useful information … Given its format and ease of use, students and lay readers will find it equally compelling. It merits consideration for public, high school, and undergraduate collections."
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Against the Grain
"…a first-rate encyclopedic resource … an outstanding reference resource that is highly recommended for any library."
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American Reference Books Annual
"…the book is excellent … the text does give good analyses … It is recommended for reference collections in public, sixth form, and undergraduate libraries."
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Reference Reviews
"Recommended for general and undergraduate collections lacking the sources listed or for collections in need of a complete, up to date set of sources on this topic."
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