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Der Bestseller über den Einfluss Einzelner auf den Lauf der Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts Ian Kershaw, einer der besten Kenner und klügsten Erklärer der europäischen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert, geht dem Aspekt mächtiger Menschen und ihres Einflusses nach: Wie weit haben Politiker mit ihren Entscheidungen den turbulenten Lauf der Geschichte bestimmt? Wie weit wurden sie von den Umständen getrieben? Was sind die Voraussetzungen für die E...

From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins ...

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From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II. Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins ...

The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, Fateful Choices puts Ian Kershaw's analytical and storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May 1940 to December 1941, the leaders of the world's six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II and shaped the course of human destiny. As the author examines the connected st...

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One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to...

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The amazing adventures of a woman with a fist in her head. Clara Darcy is fit! She's also (almost) care-free, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down thanks to the arrival of a fist - slap-bang in the middle of her head. Based on her astonishing real-life story, We Should Definitely Have More Dancing explores the things that define us, that fill us up and...

Die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts war turbulent: Ganze Gesellschaften wurden umgestaltet, blutige Kriege geführt - oft unter Verachtung der grundlegendsten Werte. An der Spitze dieser Umwälzungen standen politische Führer, Demokraten wie Diktatoren, jeder von ihnen eine herausragende Persönlichkeit. Aber wie kamen sie an die Macht? Inwieweit wurde Europa durch ihr Handeln geprägt? Haben diese Politiker das 20. Jahrhundert geformt? Oder wurde...

Wie groß ist der Einfluss Einzelner auf den Lauf der Geschichte? Der englische Historiker Ian Kershaw ist einer der besten Kenner und klügsten Erklärer der europäischen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert. In seinem neuen Buch betrachtet er diese unter dem Aspekt mächtiger Menschen und ihres Einflusses: Wie weit haben Politiker mit ihren Entscheidungen den turbulenten Lauf der Geschichte bestimmt? Wie weit wurden sie von den Umständen getrieben? ...

From the author of the definitive biography of Hitler and one of the leading historians of 20th-century Europe, a masterful reckoning with how personality conspired with opportunity to create the modern age's uniquely devastating despots, and how and why other countries were able to find a better pathThe modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion, and death. Whole s...

The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.Ian Kershaw's new book is a compelling, lucid and challenging attempt to und...

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»Eine herausragende gesamteuropäische Studie.« The TimesNach seinem Bestseller »Höllensturz« nimmt Ian Kershaw nun die Jahre von 1950 bis heute in den Blick und spannt einen großen Bogen von der existentiellen Unsicherheit, die die Staaten Europas im Kalten Krieg durchlebten, bis zu den Herausforderungen, vor denen sie heute, in Zeiten ökonomischer und politischer Krisen, stehen. Trotz einer bis heute andauernden Phase des Friedens, so Kershaw...

The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and BackAfter the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back, ' the years from 1950 to 2017 brought peace and relative prosperity to most of Europe. Enormous economic improvements transformed the continent. The catastrophic era of the world wars...

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Considerata una pietra miliare degli studi su Adolf Hitler e sul Terzo Reich, quest'opera monumentale, pubblicata per la prima volta in due volumi tra il 1998 e il 2000, è il racconto spaventoso e affascinante di come un misero provinciale venuto da un angolo remoto dell'Austria asburgica sia riuscito a conquistare un potere senza precedenti, di come le idee improbabili e spregevoli di un ex studente d'arte perdigiorno siano riuscite a saldars...

Sir Ian Kershaw is one of the UK's most distinguished historians. His most famous books include Hitler, Fateful Choices and The End. The first volume in his history of modern Europe, To Hell and Back, was described by the Observer as 'superb... likely to become and classic' and by Harold Evans in the New York Times as 'chilling epic-size history... should be required reading'. He lives in Manchester.