Toland, Johncreatorauthor.textbibliographybiographynyu1976First editionmonographiceng

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xx, 1035 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmThis comprehensive biography of Adolf Hitler is based in part on more than one hundred and fifty interviews with people directly involved in his life.Part 1. I, visionary. Deep are the roots : 1889-1907 ; "The school of my life" : December 1907-May 1913 ; "Overcome with rapturous enthusiasm" : May 1913-November 1918 -- Part 2. In the beginning was the word. Birth of a party : 1919-1922 ; "Such a logical and fanatical man" : 1922-1923 ; The beer hall putsch : 1923 -- Part 3. A mind in the making. In Landsberg prison : 1923-1924 ; Hitler's secret book 1925-1928 ; A death in the family : 1928-1931 -- Part 4. The brown revolution. "It is almost like a dream" : 1931-January 30, 1933 ; An unguarded hour : 1933- June 1934 ; The second revolution : "All revolutions devour their own children" : February-August 1934 ; Triumph of the will : 1934-1935 -- Part 5. War in masquerade. "With the assurance of a sleep walker" : March 1936-January 1937 ; "Such a little human worm" : 1937-February 1938 ; The return of the native : February-April 1938 ; "On the razor's edge" : May-October 1938 -- Part 6. "To the very brink of boldness". Crystal night : November 1938-March 1939 ; The fox and the bear : January-August 24, 1939 ; "A calamity without parallel in history" : August 24-September 3, 1939 -- Part 7. By force of arms. Victory in the west : September 3, 1939-June 25, 1940 ; "Ev'n victories by victory are undone" : June-October 28, 1940 ; "The world will hold its breath" : November 12, 1940-June 22, 1941 ; "A door into a dark, unseen room" : June 22-December 19, 1941 -- Part 8. The fourth horseman. "And hell followed with him" : 1941-1943 ; The family circle : 1943 ; "And with the beasts of the earth" : April 1943- April 1944 -- Part 9. Into the abyss. The army bomb plot : November 1943-July 21, 1944 -- The battle of the bulge : July 21, 1944-January 17, 1945 -- "This time we must not surrender five minutes before midnight" : January 17-April 20, 1945 -- Five minutes past midnight, or, "the captain also goes down with this ship" : April 20-30, 1945.by John Toland.Includes bibliographical references (pages 906-923) and index.e-gx---Hitler, Adolf1889-1945 1933-1945 fast Heads of stateGermanyBiographyDD247.H5 T55Toland, John.Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 19761st ed.(OCoLC)566191794038503724497803850372427402512676032220241126083845.0ocm02120881 eng