Hitler: A Study in Tyranny

Contemporary readers may not be as impressed with this biography as they ought to be, as it has been so influential that its conclusions have been widely adopted by subsequent historians. As a result, this book should be read in conjunction with a more recent biography. However, keeping in mind how old the book is, it is still a classic, and Bullock's writing is a pleasure to read.

This book provides you with an inside view on two of the most formidable leaders of the modern era. The personalities of Stalin and Hitler are captured in an exceptional historical analysis, that provides the reader with intricate details of their childhood leading to their tyrannical adult lives.

I am not a scholar of Nazism or the Holocaust, but I read quite a deal of history.Just recently I ploughed through Orlando Figes celebrated '97 history of the Russian revolution, 'A Peoples' Tragedy'. Figes' aim was as ambitious as Bullock's: to write the defining history of the period in a book that would be as long as the subject warranted. But where Figes' delivers a competent and rewarding, if still patchy reading experience - which is still better than 99% of histories - Bullock's 'Hitler' delivers a dense and compelling book of magesterial sweep and narrative drive of nearly Tolsoyian proportions.Having not read too many histories of the Third Reich, I cannot claim with assurance that this is the definative tract: but I very much doubt anyone could better it. A great and very satisfying read.

I studied this book in high school; this is a history book.This is by no means a complete depiction of Hitler's life and generally focuses on historical events rather than Hitler the person.If you don't know much about Hitler, I would recommend this book to you. You will learn a lot.Unfortunately, there is not much information about the Holocaust.