Kershaw's writing is masterly, and the individual works making up the biography, _Hubris_ and _Nemesis_, each deserve five stars. My three-star rating is aimed specifically at this one-volume edition: neither the jacket copy nor Amazon's description makes it clear that this is an abridgement, omitting ~650 pages from the original volumes and dropping all the endnotes.
Kershaw's writing is masterly, and the individual works making up the biography, _Hubris_ and _Nemesis_, each deserve five stars. My three-star rating is aimed specifically at this one-volume edition: neither the jacket copy nor Amazon's description makes it clear that this is an abridgement, omitting ~650 pages from the original volumes and dropping all the endnotes.
If you want a lighter, cut-down version of Kershaw's biography, this edition is certainly serviceable. But if you want to read Kershaw's full text, rather than just the highlights, you'll be better off ordering the two volumes separately. (Which I intend to do after returning this edition.)
力荐是给原著的。 首先想强调的是克肖从没有说过这书是研究纳粹主义的,也没说这本书对于研究纳粹主义是足够的,本书的写作意图克肖说的很清楚,即探讨其“权力的特点”(the character of his power)——“元首的角色及作用”(the role of Führer)。事实上,这本书更像一部...
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2 有用 L'llariit 2016-11-02 00:44:14
Zenith of Power!
0 有用 沛芝东欧控 2010-03-22 18:52:45
hubris of power!
0 有用 爱未未未来 2009-04-19 21:14:37
饶有趣味,不乏反思
4 有用 IIsy 2022-05-14 20:50:42
奋斗是一件枯燥繁重试炼的过程,有几人知了又苟延残喘到最后?H也曾露宿街头?他太懂贫富贵贱,只是最后……
0 有用 VICKY HAN 2023-07-01 15:19:20 上海
感觉很奇怪,知道Hilter是个大反派,但是书里一直强调他就是个很会演戏的超级演说家,这样一个平庸的人竟然能成为这样的独裁者,只有luck应该不够吧