The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler2003 Sibert Medal Winner Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this Sibert Medal-winning biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this façade and presents a picture of a complex person--at once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed man. In a straightforward and nonsensational manner, the author explores the forces that shaped the man as well as the social conditions that furthered his rapid rise to power. Against a background of crucial historical events, Giblin traces the arc of Hitler's life from 1889 to 1945: his childhood, his years as a frustrated artist in Vienna, his extraordinary rise as dictator of Germany, his final days in an embattled bunker under Berlin. Powerful archival images provide a haunting visual accompaniment to this clear and compelling account of a life that left an ineradicable mark on our world. Author's note, bibliography, index. |
Contents
I | 1 |
II | 4 |
III | 12 |
IV | 18 |
V | 24 |
VI | 29 |
VII | 39 |
VIII | 45 |
XV | 108 |
XVI | 115 |
XVII | 126 |
XVIII | 136 |
XIX | 144 |
XX | 155 |
XXI | 168 |
XXII | 191 |