Disobeying Hitler
German Resistance in the Last Year of WWII
(Sprache: Englisch)
Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance in the Last Year of WWII by Randall Hansen is the true story of how and why key figures in the German military ignored Hitler's demands to destroy all before them at the end of the war.
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Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance in the Last Year of WWII by Randall Hansen is the true story of how and why key figures in the German military ignored Hitler's demands to destroy all before them at the end of the war.
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'Hansen has done a fine job of rescuing from obscurity these few, morally hazy individuals, making decisions at the messy end of a cataclysmic war.' BEN MACINTYRE, The TimesIn the last months of the war, Hitler ordered the poisoning, blocking, and wrecking of all ports across Europe; the destruction of all industries, railroads, bridges, utilities supplies, archives and museums in Europe; and the destruction of the most beautiful city in the world: Paris. Thanks to the determination and bravery of a few, including those who paid with their lives, Hitler's orders were often disobeyed. The result was a profound and lasting effect on the war and its aftermath.In this fascinating and gripping book, Randall Hansen explores the extraordinary phenomenon of disobedience and its consequences:
Would Rommel have opened the Western Front to the Allies on July 20, 1944 had he not been shot up a few days earlier?
Did Albert Speer single-handedly prevent the destruction of bridges, factories, towns,and all features of civilized life?
Did the actions of one Prussian General save Paris from total devastation?
And why were some German cities defended to the last man, leading to a great loss of life and the cities' complete destruction, while others surrendered without a fight?
Autoren-Porträt von Randall Hansen
Hansen, RandallRandall Hansen is Director of the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and a Chair in Politics at the University of Toronto. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at Nuffield College, a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, and a Tutorial Fellow at Merton College Oxford, where he ran the PPE school. He has held visiting fellowships at UCLA, the Institute for Political Science (Sciences Po), Paris, the Humboldt University, Berlin and Trinity College, Dublin. His last book, The Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-5 was published in 2008 to great acclaim and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award. He has given public lectures throughout Europe and North America, and regularly speaks on local, national and international radio. He divides his time between Toronto and Berlin.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Randall Hansen
- 480 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
- ISBN-10: 0571284515
- ISBN-13: 9780571284511
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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