Hitler ascent, 1889-1939

"A comprehensive new biography of Hitler focusing on the dictator's personality"--Provided by publisher.

Main Author:	Ullrich, Volker, 1943- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English German
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2016]
Edition:	First American edition.
Subjects:	Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945. Personality > Case studies. Heads of state > Germany > Biography. Dictators > Germany > Biography. National socialism. Germany > History > 1933-1945. Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945. Biographies.

Summary:	"A comprehensive new biography of Hitler focusing on the dictator's personality"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:	"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. "Originally published in Germany ... copyright 2013, S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	x, 998 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 947-970) and index.
ISBN:	9780385354387 (hardcover) 038535438X (hardcover)
Author Notes:	VOLKER ULLRICH is a historian and journalist whose previous books in German include biographies of Bismarck and Napoleon, as well as a major study of Imperial Germany, Die nervöse Grossmacht 1871-1918 (The Nervous Superpower). From 1990 to 2009, Ullrich was the editor of the political book review section of the influential weekly newspaper Die Zeit. His biography of Adolf Hitler, Hitler: Ascent: 1889-1939, translated from German by Jefferson Chase, became a New York Times bestseller in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography)