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Hitler's First War Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War

Weber, Thomas
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199233205
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
888 gr
Høyde
159 mm
Bredde
241 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
464

Forfatter
Weber, Thomas

Biografisk notat

Thomas Weber teaches European and international history at the University of Aberdeen and directs the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Since earning his DPhil from the University of Oxford, he has held fellowships or has taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, The Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend "The Enemy" is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and culture of the European continent.

Hitler's First War Adolf Hitler, the Men of the List Regiment, and the First World War

Weber, Thomas
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
Weber, Thomas
Innbundet / 2010 / Engelsk
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important and revealing...this is the best book yet on an under-reported period

History Today

an intelligent, informative and absorbing book that has to be required reading for anyone seriously interested in the history of modern Germany, or in the effects of war on politics in general.

Richard J. Evans, Globe and Mail

Formidably impressive

Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement

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Fans of 20th-century history and specifically World War I will love this book

Canadian Jewish News

[A] superb new work of history...eye-opening material.

Andrew Roberts, Commentary Magazine,

An enterprising and thoughful new study based on skilful research in the archives and elsewhere.

The Spectator

Weber's discoveries have enabled him to write a very informative and readable new analysis.

The Spectator

A triumph of original research.

Norman Stone, Wall Street Journal

He fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most studied figures of the 20th century.

Norman Stone, Wall Street Journal

Groundbreaking and minutely detailed study.

Military Times

An impressive piece of detective work.

Sunday Times,

Hitler claimed that his years as a soldier in the First World War were the most formative years of his life. However, for the six decades since his death in the ruins of Berlin, Hitler's time as a soldier on the Western Front has, remarkably, remained a blank spot. Until now, all that we knew about Hitler's life in these years and the regiment in which he served came from his own account in Mein Kampf and the equally mythical accounts of his comrades. Hitler's First War for the first time looks at what really happened to Private Hitler and the men of the Bavarian List Regiment of which he was a member. It is a radical revision of the period of Hitler's life that is said to have made him. Through the stories of the veterans of the regiment - an officer who became Hitler's personal adjutant in the 1930s but then offered himself to British intelligence, a soldier-turned-Concentration Camp Commander, Jewish veterans who fell victim to the Holocaust, or of veterans who simply returned to their lives in Bavaria - Thomas Weber presents a Private Hitler very different from the one portrayed in his own mythical account. Instead, we find a Hitler who was shunned by the frontline soldiers of his regiment as a 'rear area pig' and who was still unsure of his political ideology even at the end of the war in 1918. In looking at the post-war lives of Hitler's fellow veterans back in Bavaria, Thomas Weber also challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was somehow a 'seminal catastrophe' in twentieth century German history and even questions just how deep-seated Nazi ideology really was in its home state.
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The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time, presenting a radical revision of Hitler's own account of this time in Mein Kampf.
PART I; PART II
`A well-researched exploration, raising some interesting questions about Hitler's beliefs and attitudes during the First World War.' Advance Praise from Sir Ian Kershaw `Once in a while a truly original book comes along, forcing us to rethink our understanding of the past. Weber's book is such a work. He has ferreted out a wealth of new evidence from the archives and turned received wisdom on Hitlers life story and the wider impact of the Great War on its head. This is essential reading for specialists and a fascinating tale for the general reader.' Advance Praise from Conan Fischer
Les mer
The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time Presents a radical revision of the Private Hitler portrayed in Mein Kampf - a period of his life that Hitler claimed had made him into the person he later became Uses a wealth of material never before seen, including the stories of Hitler's fellow soldiers, from people who later became convinced Nazis to Jewish veterans of the regiment Challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was a seminal catastrophe in German history
Les mer
Thomas Weber teaches European and international history at the University of Aberdeen and directs the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Since earning his DPhil from the University of Oxford, he has held fellowships or has taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, The Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend "The Enemy" is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and culture of the European continent.
Les mer
The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time Presents a radical revision of the Private Hitler portrayed in Mein Kampf - a period of his life that Hitler claimed had made him into the person he later became Uses a wealth of material never before seen, including the stories of Hitler's fellow soldiers, from people who later became convinced Nazis to Jewish veterans of the regiment Challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was a seminal catastrophe in German history
Les mer

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important and revealing...this is the best book yet on an under-reported period

History Today

an intelligent, informative and absorbing book that has to be required reading for anyone seriously interested in the history of modern Germany, or in the effects of war on politics in general.

Richard J. Evans, Globe and Mail

Formidably impressive

Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement

Se alle

Fans of 20th-century history and specifically World War I will love this book

Canadian Jewish News

[A] superb new work of history...eye-opening material.

Andrew Roberts, Commentary Magazine,

An enterprising and thoughful new study based on skilful research in the archives and elsewhere.

The Spectator

Weber's discoveries have enabled him to write a very informative and readable new analysis.

The Spectator

A triumph of original research.

Norman Stone, Wall Street Journal

He fundamentally alters our understanding of one of the most studied figures of the 20th century.

Norman Stone, Wall Street Journal

Groundbreaking and minutely detailed study.

Military Times

An impressive piece of detective work.

Sunday Times,

Hitler claimed that his years as a soldier in the First World War were the most formative years of his life. However, for the six decades since his death in the ruins of Berlin, Hitler's time as a soldier on the Western Front has, remarkably, remained a blank spot. Until now, all that we knew about Hitler's life in these years and the regiment in which he served came from his own account in Mein Kampf and the equally mythical accounts of his comrades. Hitler's First War for the first time looks at what really happened to Private Hitler and the men of the Bavarian List Regiment of which he was a member. It is a radical revision of the period of Hitler's life that is said to have made him. Through the stories of the veterans of the regiment - an officer who became Hitler's personal adjutant in the 1930s but then offered himself to British intelligence, a soldier-turned-Concentration Camp Commander, Jewish veterans who fell victim to the Holocaust, or of veterans who simply returned to their lives in Bavaria - Thomas Weber presents a Private Hitler very different from the one portrayed in his own mythical account. Instead, we find a Hitler who was shunned by the frontline soldiers of his regiment as a 'rear area pig' and who was still unsure of his political ideology even at the end of the war in 1918. In looking at the post-war lives of Hitler's fellow veterans back in Bavaria, Thomas Weber also challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was somehow a 'seminal catastrophe' in twentieth century German history and even questions just how deep-seated Nazi ideology really was in its home state.
Les mer
The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time, presenting a radical revision of Hitler's own account of this time in Mein Kampf.
PART I; PART II
`A well-researched exploration, raising some interesting questions about Hitler's beliefs and attitudes during the First World War.' Advance Praise from Sir Ian Kershaw `Once in a while a truly original book comes along, forcing us to rethink our understanding of the past. Weber's book is such a work. He has ferreted out a wealth of new evidence from the archives and turned received wisdom on Hitlers life story and the wider impact of the Great War on its head. This is essential reading for specialists and a fascinating tale for the general reader.' Advance Praise from Conan Fischer
Les mer
The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time Presents a radical revision of the Private Hitler portrayed in Mein Kampf - a period of his life that Hitler claimed had made him into the person he later became Uses a wealth of material never before seen, including the stories of Hitler's fellow soldiers, from people who later became convinced Nazis to Jewish veterans of the regiment Challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was a seminal catastrophe in German history
Les mer
Thomas Weber teaches European and international history at the University of Aberdeen and directs the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Since earning his DPhil from the University of Oxford, he has held fellowships or has taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, The Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend "The Enemy" is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and culture of the European continent.
Les mer
The story of Hitler's formative experiences as a soldier on the Western Front - now told in full for the first time Presents a radical revision of the Private Hitler portrayed in Mein Kampf - a period of his life that Hitler claimed had made him into the person he later became Uses a wealth of material never before seen, including the stories of Hitler's fellow soldiers, from people who later became convinced Nazis to Jewish veterans of the regiment Challenges the commonly accepted notion that the First World War was a seminal catastrophe in German history
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199233205
Publisert
2010
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
888 gr
Høyde
159 mm
Bredde
241 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
464

Forfatter
Weber, Thomas

Biografisk notat

Thomas Weber teaches European and international history at the University of Aberdeen and directs the Centre for Global Security and Governance. Since earning his DPhil from the University of Oxford, he has held fellowships or has taught at Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and the University of Glasgow. His first book, The Lodz Ghetto Album, won a 2004 Golden Light Award and a 2005 Infinity Award. His second book, Our Friend "The Enemy" is the recipient of the 2008 Duc d'Arenberg History Prize for the best book of a general nature, intended for a wide public, on the history and culture of the European continent.

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