Summary
A revelatory biography of Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, from renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich.
Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler’s most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler’s malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor?
In this definitive one-volume biography, renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich sifts through the hist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099523697 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099523698 |
| Author: | Peter Longerich |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 992 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 676g |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 133mm x 200mm |
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Critics Review
A landmark biography
A landmark biography * Daily Mail *
A landmark biography * Daily Mail *
An impressive achievement… illuminating … indispensable – Richard J Evans
Meticulous in its detail… a major work of scholarship – Ben Shephard * Observer *
[A] grimly compelling new biography * Mail on Sunday *
Peter Longerich wrote a life of Himmler of such quality that no one will need to think for decades of writing another. This year, he has produced an even better book, about Goebbels – Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *
It does for Goebbels what Ian Kershaw’s two-volume biography did for Hitler, providing a worthy, dependable life that will stand as a benchmark for a generation… It is very much to be welcomed – Roger Moorhouse * Wall Street Journal *
It does for Goebbels what Ian Kershaw’s two-volume biography did for Hitler, providing a worthy, dependable life that will stand as a benchmark for a generation… It is very much to be welcomed – Roger Moorhouse * Wall Street Journal *
An instant classic… Awe-inspiring * Times Higher Education *
An instant classic… Awe-inspiring * Times Higher Education *
Peter Longerich
Peter Longerich is Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London, and founder of Royal Holloway’s Holocaust Research Centre. He has published extensively on Nazi Germany, including the acclaimed biography Heinrich Himmler, Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and the Persecution of the Jews, and The Unwritten Order: Hitler’s Role in the Final Solution.
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