Hell's Cartel - Hardcover

Jeffreys, Diarmuid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747580928 ISBN 13: 9780747580928

Publisher: Bloomsbury UK, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

About the Author:

Diarmuid Jeffreys is the author of Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug, which was nominated for the prestigious Aventis Prize for popular science books and chosen as one of the best books of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. A journalist and documentarian, he lives in East Sussex, England.

Review:

“A damning new history in which Jeffreys brings a rare combination of forensic acumen and narrative flair to bear on the material.”—Chicago Tribune "Jeffreys expertly chronicles how this once-proud company descended into the abyss. It’s a complex tale spanning a century and featuring a huge cast. He does a superb job of managing the material and drawing concise sketches of key figures. At almost 500 pages, this is a brisk read.”—Business Week “Hell’s Cartel is popular history at it’s best.”—The Seattle Times “Jeffreys brings a rare combination of forensic acumen and narrative flair to bear on the material.”—Bloomberg News “An unputdownable narrative and forensically gripping investigation into how energetic German corporate executives became the degenerate monsters who made the Holocaust technically possible.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin

“At last, a fresh and vibrant history—free from the taint of perpetrator sponsorship and corporate influence—that brilliantly chronicles the war monster I.G. Farben. Jeffreys's work will be consulted as a must for years to come.”—Edwin Black, author of Nazi Nexus: America's Corporate Connections to Hitler's Holocaust

“Behind the guns is always the money. Diarmuid Jeffreys’s perfectly detailed vivisection of the IG Farben companies during the Nazi era is both sensible and powerful—thus a pleasure to read—and exceptionally compelling.”—Alan Furst, author of The Spies of Warsaw

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury UK
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0747580928
• ISBN 13: 9780747580928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416