In these searing profiles the author dissects the lives of fifteen infamous Nazis—including Hermann Göring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Martin Bormann, Ernst Röhm, Hans Frank, Rudolph Höss, Albert Speer, and Hitler himself. He also analyzes the archetypal roles of the officer corps, intellectuals, and women. This work provides fresh perspectives into how dysfunctional psyches, personal ambitions, and ruthless rivalries impacted the creation and evolution of Hitler's Third Reich.
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"Fest's system of organization, his biographical framework and his constant probing for insights into the nature of modern totalitarianism give his book a unique and powerful intensity". -- Wall Street Journal
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Well-rounded summary of the key players in the Third Reich,
This review is from: The Face Of The Third Reich: Portraits Of The Nazi Leadership (Paperback)
Fest provides the reader with a well-written summary of the high-ranking and crucial members of Nazi Germany. This book is a good background for the general reader on the Third Reich and is an essential first-step in any investigation into the period.
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Marred by errors and too dry,
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This review is from: The Face Of The Third Reich: Portraits Of The Nazi Leadership (Paperback)
This book was poorly translated and even in the original German, Fest is a heavy writer, turgid and hardly scintillating. This compilation is laden with errors, some major, some not, but the ultimate effect compromises the integrity of this book. It's absurd, for example, to make the statement that Hermann Goering's Nuremberg defense was anything but brilliant. One can loathe what Goering stood for and decry Nazism and its atrocities, but to deny that Goering stole the show at Nuremberg is historically inaccurate.There are many better summations of the Nazi leadership than here. This is as dry as timber and about as edifying.
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This is a compendium of Nazis (`Hitler;' `Practitioners' -Göring, Goebbels, Heydrich, Himmler, Bormann, Röhm; `Functionaries' -von Papen, Rosenburg, Ribbentrop, Hess, Speer, Frank, von Shirach, General, Professor, Wife, Höß) published in 1970. It's well worth reading, but not up to the author's subsequent excellent work (`Hitler' 1973, `Speer' 2001).
Most problematic in literary terms is discontinuous menagerie of disjointed, vain, and often incompetent rivals. It's not an easy read. On reflection, that's accurately indicative of the compartmentalized ruthless jealousy under the führerprizip. Readers seeking cohesiveness between principal figures beware: there was little or none. Taken individually, this is an interesting and enlightening analysis of villains (a dictionary of blackguards). Nothing more. Also recommended: GM Gilbert's `Nüremberg Diary' JK Galbraith's `Name-Dropping'
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The rise of Adolf Hitler, the 'poor devil' from Braunau and inmate of a Vienna men's hostel, to the position of ruler of Germany and a sizeable part of the globe is one of the most astounding and disquieting careers in history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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National Socialist, Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, Hitler Youth, Rudolf Hess, General Staff, Reich Chancellery, Rudolf Höss, First World War, Foreign Minister, Mein Kampf, Heinrich Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Röhm, Foreign Office, Albert Speer, Martin Bormann, Reich President, Bündische Jugend, Gregor Strasser, Baldur von Schirach, Reich Chancellor, Weimar Republic, Edgar Jung, Thomas Mann New!
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The rise of Adolf Hitler, the 'poor devil' from Braunau and inmate of a Vienna men's hostel, to the position of ruler of Germany and a sizeable part of the globe is one of the most astounding and disquieting careers in history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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National Socialist, Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, Hitler Youth, Rudolf Hess, General Staff, Reich Chancellery, Rudolf Höss, First World War, Foreign Minister, Mein Kampf, Heinrich Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, Ernst Röhm, Foreign Office, Albert Speer, Martin Bormann, Reich President, Bündische Jugend, Gregor Strasser, Baldur von Schirach, Reich Chancellor, Weimar Republic, Edgar Jung, Thomas Mann New!
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