Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives (Vintage): Amazon.de: Alan Bullock: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 1152 Seiten
Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: Vintage Books. (2. November 1993)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0679729941
ISBN-13: 978-0679729945
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 13,1 x 5,6 x 20,1 cm

Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.9 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (7 Kundenrezensionen)

Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 274.715 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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From Kirkus Reviews

A masterpiece by Bullock (Ernest Bevin, 1984, etc.) that covers some of the most devastating events--as well as two of the most terrible personalities--of our century with breathtaking analytical power and narrative sweep. One of the most fruitful aspects of this dual biography is to reveal, for all the differences between Hitler and Stalin, how much they had in common. The differences were mainly in personality: Stalin the great calculator, Hitler the gambler; Stalin the master of bureaucracy, Hitler the artist-politician, hating routine; Stalin the sly, political Houdini, Hitler the charismatic leader. But their similarities were perhaps more significant. Both were guilty of crimes against humanity on a scale unprecedented in history: Like the Jews in Germany, peasant farmers in the Soviet Union were members of an outlawed class denied all human rights. The corruption in the heart of Nazism, according to Bullock, lay in its ends; in Communism, in its means. Neither Hitler nor Stalin, he believes, was mad. Both were entirely serious about their historic roles, the author says; skeptical about the motives of others, their cynicism stopped short of their own. But Hitler, at the end, was close to insanity; and Stalin had all the symptoms associated with paranoia--chronic suspicion, self-absorption, jealousy, hypersensitivity, and megalomania. Both men brought unprecedented suffering on their own people; the difference, Bullock notes, is that defeat exacted a terrible price from the German people, but at least spared them the continuation of Nazism, while victory cost the Russian people even more--but did not liberate them. A magnificent history, accessible and often moving. Bullock's mastery of research sources, his judgment, and his analytic powers prove him one of the great historians of our time. (Seventy-one photographs and 18 maps--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

From Library Journal

This is a huge and masterful dual biography of two of the most monstrous personalities of this century. Bullock, whose Hitler: A Study in Tyranny ( LJ 2/15/64) truly deserves its designation as a classic, has produced a smoothly written study of how these two lives ran parallel and how they intertwined to affect the lives of millions in the first half of this century. One would expect Bullock to know Hitler, but his grasp of Stalin and his times is also impressive. In chapters alternately dealing with Hitler and then Stalin, Bullock analyzes how each man achieved and then used power for his own twisted goals. It is chilling to realize that both men rose within legitimate institutions, each "playing the game" by the established rules. Hitler's evil empire collapsed with his death, Stalin's would live on to haunt the Soviet Union for decades. Essential for anyone seeking to understand the history of the West in this century. Highly recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/91.
- Ed Goedeken, Purdue Univ. Libs., West Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Good, but not great 13. Juli 2000

Von Jussi Bjorling

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Alan Bullock is best known for his earlier pathbreaking biography of Hitler, and it shows. The sections dealing with Hitler are much more thoughtful than the examination of Stalin. Since the parallels drawn between the two are intriguing but not especially illuminating, it might make more sense to read Bullock's Hitler biography separately and another book about Stalin.

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Brilliant history and a brilliant morality tale. 18. Juni 2000

Von Miles D. Moore

For most of the past century, there have been two schools of thought about Hitler and Stalin. One states that Stalin wasn't really so bad, because he fought the Fascists; the other insists that Hitler wasn't really so bad, because he fought the Communists. Alan Bullock leaves both viewpoints in the dustheap of history, where they belong. Both Hitler and Stalin came as close to pure evil as human beings ever get; both stood for the utter repression of the human spirit and the annihilation of anyone who might possibly be suspected of standing in their way. Bullock demonstrates this in exhaustive, but never exhausting, detail. More people should read this book, if only to be cured forever of any temptation to support any form of totalitarianism, any time, anywhere.

Birds of a feather kill whomever. 6. April 2000

Von Paco Calder�n

Alan Bullock mirrors in full detail the lives of Adolf Hitlerand Josif Stalin, each against the other, and the result is aninteresting, thrilling, creepy, real-life horror story that'll captivate both the serious historian and the lay avid reader.

The book has few photographs, but the first two sum up the whole case: infants Hitler and Stalin in their respective schoolclasses, both standing at the same spot (back row, top, center) and with the same bossy attitude.

In fact, I wonder why didn't these two revealing photos made it to the cover instead of the unimaginative red and black one, or why the editors didn't include the world-wide-famous David Low cartoon where Hitler and Stalin greet each other in front of Poland's corpse ("the scum of the earth, I believe?"), that summarily says it all (...hey!, just a suggestion!).

Anyway, don't miss it!