Hitler: A Biography

Resumen del libro

Given his status as arguably the most despised political figure in history, it is surprising that there have only been four serious biographies of the Fuhrer since the 1930s. Perhaps even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in how he came to power and how he exercised his leadership than in Hitler the person. Yet to render Hitler as a political animal with no personality to speak of, as a man of limited intelligence and poor social skills, does little to explain the spell that he cast not only on those close to him but on the German people as a whole.

In the first volume of this magisterial biography, Volker Ullrich sets out to correct our perception of the Fuhrer. While charting in detail Hitler's life from his childhood to the eve of the Second World War, Ullrich unveils the man behind the public persona: his charming and repulsive traits, his talents and weaknesses, his deep-seated insecurities and murderous passions.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Volker Ullrich x{0026}lt;/B (1943) es un veterano periodista de reconocido prestigio en Alemania. Se graduó en Filosofía, Literatura e Historia. Colabora con el semanario x{0026}lt;I Die Zeitx{0026}lt;/I , cuya sección de historia dirigió hasta su jubilación, y es coeditor del suplemento de historia del mismo periódico. Entre sus obras destaca la biografía en dos volúmenes x{0026}lt;I Adolf Hitlerx{0026}lt;/I (2013 y 2018). Ha recibido diversos premios (entre ellos el Premio Alfred Kerr) y es doctor por la Universidad de Jena.x{0026}lt;/P