The Hitler in this book is human, evil only in his immorality or wickedness, not as part of some greater, more nebulous sense of him as the Devil incarnate. The author's argument isn't sensationalist, it's evaluative and critical. Kershaw never shies away from the complexity of Hitler's character or the means by which he, and his paladins, achieved and retained power. Having had some personal experience of historical research, on a vastly smaller scale, I can only imagine the time and effort it must have taken to complete a work of this type and I am entirely unsurprised to discover that he was knighted for services to history. Considering it is a condensed version of Kershaw's two part biography Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, it remains incredibly detailed, well structured, and without significant omission. I'm not sure where to start with reviewing this book.
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