The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination by Richard

Description: The Hitler Conspiracies by Richard J. Evans Renowned historian Richard Evans puts fake news in historical perspective in this challenging and illuminating studyThe idea that nothing happens by chance in history, that everything that occurs is the result of the secret machinations of malign groups of people behind the scenes, is as old as history itself. But conspiracy theories are becoming more widespread in the twenty-first century. Nowhere have they become more obvious than in revisionist accounts of the history of the Third Reich. Long-discredited conspiracy theories have taken on a new lease of life, given credence by claims of freshly discovered evidence and novel angles of investigation.This book takes five widely discussed claims involving Hitler and the Nazis and subjects them to forensic scrutiny- that the Jews were conspiring to undermine civilization, as outlined in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion; that the German army was stabbed in the back by socialists and Jews in 1918; that the Nazis burned down the Reichstag in order to seize power; that Rudolf Hess flight to the UK in 1941 was sanctioned by Hitler and conveyed peace terms suppressed by Churchill; and that Hitler escaped the bunker in 1945 and fled to South America.This is a history book, but it is a history book for the age of post-truth and alternative facts- a book for our own troubled times. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Richard J. Evans is one of the worlds leading historians of modern Germany. He was born in London in 1947. From 2008 to 2014 he was Regius Professor of History at Cambridge University, and from 2010 to 2017 President of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He served as Provost of Gresham College in the City of London from 2014 to 2020. In 1994 he was awarded the Hamburg Medal for Art and Science for cultural services to the city, and in 2015 received the British Academy Leverhulme Medal, awarded every three years for a significant contribution to the Humanities or Social Sciences. In 2000 he was the principal expert witness in the David Irving Holocaust Denial libel trial at the High Court in London, subsequently the subject of the film Denial. His books include Death in Hamburg (winner of the Wolfson History Prize), In Defence of History, The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power, and The Third Reich at War. His book The Pursuit of Power- Europe 1815-1914, volume 7 of the Penguin History of Europe, was published in 2016. His most recent books are Eric Hobsbawm- A Life in History (2019) and The Hitler Conspiracies- The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination (2020). In 2012 he was knighted for services to scholarship. Review A wonderful book thats both hard to put down and brilliantly insightful in its analysis of the ways in which conspiracy theories and so-called "alternative facts" are constructed and justified - and why theyre such nonsense... Evans performs his task with such withering and entertaining wit that its worth putting up with the nonsense to enjoy the brilliant demolition... Its a 5 out of 5 masterpiece. -- Martin Bentham * Evening Standard *There can be no more authoritative guide to these conspiracy theories than Evans ... It is becoming a deadly serious matter. -- Tony Barber * Financial Times *Brilliant ... Deploying him against conspiracy theorists is a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. -- Simon Griffiths * Mail on Sunday * Review Text A wonderful book thats both hard to put down and brilliantly insightful in its analysis of the ways in which conspiracy theories and so-called "alternative facts" are constructed and justified - and why theyre such nonsense... Evans performs his task with such withering and entertaining wit that its worth putting up with the nonsense to enjoy the brilliant demolition... Its a 5 out of 5 masterpiece. Review Quote A wonderful book thats both hard to put down and brilliantly insightful in its analysis of the ways in which conspiracy theories and so-called "alternative facts" are constructed and justified - and why theyre such nonsense... Evans performs his task with such withering and entertaining wit that its worth putting up with the nonsense to enjoy the brilliant demolition... Its a 5 out of 5 masterpiece. Promotional "Headline" Renowned historian Richard Evans puts fake news in historical perspective in this challenging and illuminating study Details ISBN0141991496 Author Richard J. Evans Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 0141991496 ISBN-13 9780141991498 Publication Date 2021-06-24 Pages 288 Format Paperback Short Title The Hitler Conspiracies Language English Subtitle The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination DEWEY 943.086 UK Release Date 2021-06-24 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Imprint Penguin Books Ltd NZ Release Date 2021-07-01 AU Release Date 2021-07-01 Alternative 9780241413470 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132576208;

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