| The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia Contributor(s): Overy, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393327973 ISBN-13: 9780393327977 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: Overy gives readers an absorbing study of Hitler and Stalin, ranging from their private and public selves, their ascents to power and consolidation of absolute rule, to their waging of massive war and creation of far-flung empires of camps and prisons. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Fascism & Totalitarianism |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004056087 |
| Physical Information: 2.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.80 lbs) 922 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Russia - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If the past century will be remembered for its tragic pairing of civilized achievement and organized destruction, at the heart of darkness may be found Hitler, Stalin, and the systems of domination they forged. Their lethal regimes murdered millions and fought a massive, deadly war. Yet their dictatorships took shape within formal constitutional structures and drew the support of the German and Russian people. In the first major historical work to analyze the two dictatorships together in depth, Richard Overy gives us an absorbing study of Hitler and Stalin, ranging from their private and public selves, their ascents to power and consolidation of absolute rule, to their waging of massive war and creation of far-flung empires of camps and prisons. The Nazi extermination camps and the vast Soviet Gulag represent the two dictatorships in their most inhuman form. Overy shows us the human and historical roots of these evils. |
Contributor Bio(s): Overy, Richard: - Richard Overy is the author of RAF, Why the Allies Won, The Battle of Britain, and The Dictators, winner of the Wolfson History Prize. He is one of our foremost authorities in modern history and military history. He is professor of history at the University of Exeter in England. |