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Books : The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Allen Lane History)
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The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Allen Lane History) by: Richard J Evans List Price: £30.00 Vegetarian Books Price: £15.00 You Save: £15.00 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780713997422 ISBN: 0713997427 Label: Allen Lane Manufacturer: Allen Lane Number Of Pages: 912 Publication Date: October 02, 2008 Publisher: Allen Lane Studio: Allen Lane Sales Rank: 1063 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Fine study of Nazi aggressionThis magnificent book completes Evans' trilogy on the Third Reich. It covers all aspects of the war including the home front: morale, the role of women, the effect of the bombing, food, wages and conditions. He also examines the roles of the air force, navy and army, and gives us shrewd portraits of the leading personalities in the Nazi state. Nazi ideology blamed the Jews for all ills, including the Second World War itself, and saw communism and socialism as essentially Jewish. Hitler created a genocidal mentality and justified a genocidal policy. The Nazis committed countless atrocities. They killed thousands of handicapped children. They killed as many Gypsies as they could. They deported Jews from all the countries ... Read More: Rating: - Brilliant combination of detail and abstractionWith this third volume, Professor Evans brings his rightfully acclaimed "History of the Third Reich" to a very fruitful end indeed. All the major developments from 1939 till 1945 are at least touched upon in a very insightful and balanced manner, blending social history, the biographies of well-known heavyweights of the Nazi regime such as Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler or Speer and the lesser known experiences of ordinary Germans into one complex but highly readable narrative, exposing a good deal of the inner workings of Hitler's dictatorship rather than taking an overly abstract bird's eye view on this disastrous epoch. Abstaining from any form of moralising, which is unnecessary anyway in the face of the well-known enormity ... Read More: Rating: - A Materly Piece of WorkEvans emulates his standards set in the two proceeding titles which describe how the Third Reich arose; how it acted when in power and finally the story of its triumphs, defeat and eventual total destruction. He conveys his studies in a scholarly, yet particularly approachable manner. He never seccumbs to moral platitudes, or indeed takes a partisan or doctrinair political line when discussing the evils and cruelties perpetrated by the Nazi regime. Above all the sense of the authors own palpable humanity speak out as a striking counterpoint to the brutality of the time. Rating: - A superb finish!Like the previous reviewer I waited for this third instalment with impatience. I was not disappointed, impassioned writing tempered by impeccable scholarship and judicious use of the vast sources on the subject. I can do no better than refer prospective readers to the excellent and substantial review by Nicholas Stargardt in the Times Literary Supplement of 10 October 2008 (pages 8-9). As for me, I was glad to see the author has been able to incorporate references to recent works by other scholars. For instance, Evans cites extensively the highly praised and enormously informative book by Adam Tooze "The Wages of Destruction" (2006) on the economic history of the Third Reich. However, Evans does not always agree with that author and ... Read More: Rating: - A Superb Study now Rounded Out.Richard Shaw's superbly crafted, eminently readable and scholarly third volume has been well worth the wait (on order since 2006). The trilogy must now surely take its place among the truly great historical narratives of this, or any, century. For historians - or indeed anyone - who wishes to expand his general and underlying knowledge of this ghastly period of history, Richard Shaw's opus is surely without peer.The Third Reich at War: How the Nazis Led Germany from Conquest to Disaster (Allen Lane History) |
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