Hitler: A Study in Tyranny is a 1952 biography of the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler by British historian Alan Bullock. It was the first comprehensive biography of Hitler.[1][2][3] A revised edition was published in 1962.[4][5]
Author | Alan Bullock |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Odhams Press Limited |
Publication date | 1952 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 776 |
Reception
editIn 1992, The New York Times wrote that it "remains the standard biography of the dictator and a widely respected work on the Nazi movement in general."[6] In 1998, the Hitler expert Ian Kershaw described the book as a "masterpiece".[7] In his 2007 book Cultural Amnesia, the critic Clive James wrote, "Books about Hitler are without number, but after more than 60 years, the first one to read is still Alan Bullock's Hitler A Study in Tyranny."[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Campbell, John (22 June 1991). "The lesson of two evils". The Times Saturday Review. p. 21.
Although written so soon after the end of the war and despite a steady flow of fresh evidence and reinterpretation, it has not been surpassed in nearly 40 years: an astonishing achievement.
- ^ Kakutani, Michiko (3 April 1992). "Books of The Times; Hitler and Stalin: A Double Portrait of Tyrants". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2021. "First published in 1952, Alan Bullock's "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" remains the standard biography of the dictator and a widely respected work on the Nazi movement in general."
- ^ Kershaw, Ian (1998). Hitler 1889–1936 Hubris. London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press. p. xi. ISBN 9780713990478.
- ^ Bullock, Alan (January 1962). Hitler, A Study in Tyranny. Harper & Row – via Amazon.com.
- ^ Bullock, Alan (1962). Hitler, A Study in Tyranny. Harper & Row. ISBN 978-1568520360. LCCN 63021045.
- ^ Books of The Times; Hitler and Stalin: A Double Portrait of Tyrants by Michiko Kakutani; New York Times; 3 April 1992.
- ^ Ian Kershaw; Hitler 1889-1936 Hubris; Allen Lane/Penguin Press; 1998 p. xi
- ^ Clive James; Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time; Picador; 2007
External links
edit- Hitler: A Study in Tyranny (1952 edition)