The history of the Second World War, with its horrible twists and turns, is so well known that the major events and their outcomes have taken on a sort of inevitability. Ian Kershaw's extraordinarily thought-provoking and gripping new...

A searing account of the last days of the Nazi regime and the downfall of a nation. It is an original and gripping account, explaining how Germany's people reacted to imminent defeat, as well as its leaders. 'Brilliant... nuanced and...

The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017 von Kershaw, Ian

This book is the culmination of more than three decades of meticulous historiographic research on Nazi Germany by one of the period's most distinguished historians. von Kershaw, Ian

"Höllensturz: Europa 1914 bis 1949" von Ian Kershaw bietet eine umfassende Analyse der turbulenten ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts in Europa. Der renommierte Historiker Kershaw untersucht die dramatischen Ereignisse und Entwicklungen...

"Chilling... To Hell and Back should be required reading in every chancellery, every editorial cockpit and every place where peevish Euroskeptics do their thinking…. Kershaw documents each and every 'ism' of his analysis with...

Drawing on a huge range of sources, this book recreates the world which first thwarted and then nurtured Hitler in the author's youth, from early childhood to the first successes of the Nazi Party. It charts the rise of Adolf Hitler,...

One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death....

One of New York Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of the FallHow far can a single leader alter the course of history?From one of the leading historians of twentieth-century Europe and the author of the definitive biography of Hitler,...

The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and BackAfter the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book...

"Wendepunkte: Schlüsselentscheidungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg" von Ian Kershaw analysiert die kritischen Entscheidungen, die den Verlauf des Zweiten Weltkriegs maßgeblich beeinflussten. Kershaw identifiziert und untersucht dabei zentrale...

The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw?s analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December...