Hilter and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War

Rees, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 161039965X / ISBN 13: 9781610399654

Published by Public Affairs, New York, 2022

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First printing. Minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2022 Trade Paperback. xxxviii, 488 pp. Two 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the degree to which they changed the world around them. Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other in sweeping campaigns unlike anything the modern world had ever seen, affecting soldiers and civilians alike. Millions of miles of Eastern Europe were ruined in their fight to the death, millions of lives sacrificed. Rees has pieced together a compelling comparative portrait of evil, in which idealism is polluted by bloody pragmatism, and human suffering is used casually as a political tool. It's a jaw-dropping description of two regimes stripped of moral anchors and doomed to destroy each other, and those caught up in the vicious magnetism of their leadership.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hilter and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War
• Publisher: Public Affairs, New York
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161039965X
• ISBN 13: 9781610399654
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 16 ounces

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Synopsis

"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane war in history."―Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and Hitler: Nemesis

Two 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the degree to which they changed the world around them. Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other in sweeping campaigns unlike anything the modern world had ever seen, affecting soldiers and civilians alike. Millions of miles of Eastern Europe were ruined in their fight to the death, millions of lives sacrificed.

Laurence Rees has met more people who had direct experience of working for Hitler and Stalin than any other historian. Using their evidence he has pieced together a compelling comparative portrait of evil, in which idealism is polluted by bloody pragmatism, and human suffering is used casually as a political tool. It's a jaw-dropping description of two regimes stripped of moral anchors and doomed to destroy each other, and those caught up in the vicious magnetism of their leadership.

About the Author

Laurence Rees is an award-winning historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books including The Holocaust, the bestselling, Auschwitz: A New History, and his forthcoming title, The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History. He lives in London.