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Author: Peter Longerich (Professor of Modern German History, Royal Holloway University of London)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 5.50cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 1.524kg
ISBN: 9780199651740
ISBN 10: 0199651744
Pages: 1056
Publication Date: 06 December 2012
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
`The standard - indeed the only - reliable and thorough biography of the head of the SS and German police... a masterpiece ' Richard J. Evans, University of Cambridge, and author of The Third Reich trilogy `In this highly impressive biography of Himmler, resting upon exhaustive exploration of available sources, Peter Longerich shows more plainly than ever before how this bizarre personality could gain such immense power and stamp his own imprint on the entire SS organisation, with horrendous consequences for millions throughout Europe ' Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler `The book's] bulk is consummate with the seriousness of its subject matter and, as the definitive life of this whey-faced monster of terror, it is unlikely to be bettered' History Today `Excellent ... well crafted and engaging ... comfortably surpassing the offerings of previous biographers, it is surely set to become the definitive work for a generation' Roger Moorhouse, BBC History `Supremely enlightening ' New York Times Book Review `There have been many attempts to describe the life and opinions of Heinrich Himmler, but this one ... is the first thorough scholarly biography to appear ' New Statesman `Very well documented' Mail on Sunday `A superbly researched account ' Booklist `A work of staggering scholarship' Literary Review `Gigantic' The Sunday Times `Splendid...Longerich gives it a depth and breadth it has previously lacked' Sunday Telegraph
[An] almost encyclopaedic coverage. Jane Caplan, Times Literary Supplement
There have been several studies of this enigmatic man, but Peter Longerich's massive biography, grounded in exhaustive study of the primary sources, is now the standard work and must stand alongside Ian Kershaw's Hitler, Ulrich Herbert's Best and Robert Gerwarth's Hitler's Hangman: The Life of Heydrich as one of the landmark Nazi biographies. As the author of a celebrated study of the Holocaust, Longerich is better able than his predecessors to situate Himmler within the vast machinery of genocide. And he brings to his task a gift for capturing those mannerisms that are the intimate markers of personality. Christopher Clark, London Review of BookS [An] almost encyclopaedic coverage. Jane Caplan, Times Literary Supplement
Author Information
Peter Longerich is Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London and founder of the College's Holocaust Research Centre. He has published widely on the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, including Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and Persecution of the Jews, also published by Oxford University Press, which is widely recognized as the standard account of the Nazi machinery of mass murder and the steps by which it unfolded.
