Hitler 1936-1945

<p><b>Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Ian Kershaw's <i>Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis </i>is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times.</b><br><br> No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding than Adolf Hitler; and no period is more important than the Second World War.<br><br> Beginning with Hitler's startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation from Czechoslovakia to Poland; addressing crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism; exploring the Holocaust and the poisoned European world that allowed Hitler to operate so effectively; and ending nine years later with the suicide in the Berlin bunker Kershaw allows us as never before to understand Hitler's motivation and impact.<br><br> 'Magisterial ... anyone who wishes to understand the third reich must read Kershaw for no on has done more to lay bare Hitler's morbid psyche'<br />&#160;&#160;Niall Ferguson <i>Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br> 'An achievement of the very highest order ... a marvellous book'<br />&#160;&#160;Michael Burleigh <i>Financial Times</i><br><br> 'No previous biographer has examined Hitler's devilishness in Kershaw's detail ... his book is so comprehensive so richly documented and so judicious that it will not soon be superseded'<br />&#160;&#160;Daniel Johnson <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><br> <b>Ian Kershaw's </b>other books include <i>Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis</i> <i>Making Friends with Hitler</i> <i>Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World</i> <i>1940-4</i> and <i>The End: Hitler's Germany 1944-45</i>. <i>Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis </i>received the Wolfson History Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize.</p>