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内容简介

ThelastmonthsoftheSecondWorldWarwereanightmarishtimetobealive.Unimaginablelevelsofviolencedestroyedentirecities.Millionsdiedorweredispossessed.Byallkindsofcriteriaitwastheend:theendoftheThirdReichanditsterribleempirebutalso,increasingly,itseemedtobetheendofEuropeancivilizationitself.Inhisgripping,revelatorynewbookIanKershawdescribesthesefinalmonths,fromthefailedattempttoassassinateHitlerinJuly1944totheGermansurrenderinMay1945.ThemajorquestionthatKershawattemptstoansweris:whatmadeGermanykeeponfighting?Inalmosteverymajorwartherehascomeapointwheredefeathasloomedforonesideanditsrulershavecutadealwiththevictors,ifonlyinanattempttosavetheirownskins.In"Hitler'sGermany",nothingofthiskindhappened:intheendtheregimehadtobestampedouttownbytownwithalevelofbrutalityalmostwithoutprecedent.Bothahighlyoriginalpieceofresearchandagrippingnarrative,"TheEnd"makesvividanerawhichstilldeeplyscarsEurope.ItraisesthemostprofoundquestionsaboutthenatureoftheSecondWorldWar,abouttheThirdReichandabouthowordinarypeoplebehaveinextremecircumstances.

作者简介

IANKERSHAWistheauthorofHitler1889-1936:Hubris;Hitler1936-1945:Nemesis;MakingFriendswithHitler;andFatefulChoices:TenDecisionsthatChangedtheWorld,1940-4.Hitler1936-1945:NemesisreceivedtheWolfsonHistoryPrizeandtheBrunoKreiskyPrizeinAustriaforPoliticalBookoftheYear,andwasjointwinneroftheinauguralBritishAcademyBookPrize.Untilhisretirementin2008,IanKershawwasProfessorofModernHistoryattheUniversityofSheffield.ForservicestohistoryhewasgiventheGermanawardoftheFederalCrossofMeritin1994.Hewasknightedin2002andawardedtheNortonMedlicottMedalbytheHistoricalAssociationin2004.HeisaFellowoftheBritishAcademy.

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