This 1952 work was for a long time considered the definitive biography of the architect of the Third Reich. Many historians have revisited the subject but few have matched its rawness, originality and awful power to shock. Why should one read this again now? Fearfully, we are witnessing signs of returning to nationalism in Europe (and elsewhere). It was Churchill who famously said "Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it."
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 92 Spring 2019 ) |
