In the 50 years since the fall of the 12-year Nazi Reich, thousands of books have been written on every conceivable aspect of the subject, each with its own axe to grind. Fischer's book, however, tells the story vividly and well, providing the most reliable and balanced history to date. Illustrations.

约瑟夫·W. 本德斯基（Joseph W. Bendersky），美国弗吉尼亚邦联大学教授，德国史、反犹主义、大屠杀研究专家，还特别关注卡尔·施密特这位20世纪德国非常具有争议的政治和法律思想家，著有《“犹太人威胁”：美国军队中的反犹政治》（The “Jewish Theat”: Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army）、《卡尔·施密特：帝国理论家》（Carl Schmitt: Theorist for the Reich）等书。

“Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II. In “the new definitive volume on the subject” (Houston Press), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and a...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 托马斯•奇尔德斯曾是宾夕法尼亚大学“谢尔登和露西·哈克尼”历史学教授。他撰写或编辑过数部关于德国现代史和第二次世界大战的著作。他获得过很多科研基金和奖项，包括富布莱特奖金、亚历山大•冯•洪堡基金会研究基金和哈佛大学的西欧研究基金。除了在宾夕法尼亚大学授课，奇尔德斯还是剑桥大学三一学院、史密斯学院和斯沃斯莫尔学院的访问教授，他还在伦敦、牛津、柏林、慕尼黑等地和美国和欧洲的多所大学举办过讲座。 【译者简介】 杨楠，英语全职自由译者，有十年图书翻译经历，热爱图书翻译工作，擅长翻译音乐和历史题材著作。译有《大西庇阿：胜过拿破仑》《1914：世界终结之年》《1913：一战前的世界》等，合译有《肖邦传：一个波兰人和他伟大的音乐》等。

“Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II. In “the new definitive volume on the subject” (Houston Press), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and a...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 托马斯•奇尔德斯曾是宾夕法尼亚大学“谢尔登和露西·哈克尼”历史学教授。他撰写或编辑过数部关于德国现代史和第二次世界大战的著作。他获得过很多科研基金和奖项，包括富布莱特奖金、亚历山大•冯•洪堡基金会研究基金和哈佛大学的西欧研究基金。除了在宾夕法尼亚大学授课，奇尔德斯还是剑桥大学三一学院、史密斯学院和斯沃斯莫尔学院的访问教授，他还在伦敦、牛津、柏林、慕尼黑等地和美国和欧洲的多所大学举办过讲座。 【译者简介】 杨楠，英语全职自由译者，有十年图书翻译经历，热爱图书翻译工作，擅长翻译音乐和历史题材著作。译有《大西庇阿：胜过拿破仑》《1914：世界终结之年》《1913：一战前的世界》等，合译有《肖邦传：一个波兰人和他伟大的音乐》等。

Orville PrescottThe New York TimesOne of the most important works of history of our time.^Hugh Trevor-RoperThe New York Times Book ReviewA splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions.^Theodore H. WhiteA monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story.^John GuntherOne of the most spectacular stories ever told.

Orville PrescottThe New York TimesOne of the most important works of history of our time.^Hugh Trevor-RoperThe New York Times Book ReviewA splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions.^Theodore H. WhiteA monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story.^John GuntherOne of the most spectacular stories ever told.

Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a popular and much-translated historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. Art, he believes, was central to human development, more so than writing and even language. This history begins with the earliest rock paintings around 30,000 BC and takes us right up to the present day. E.H. Gombrich's legendary b...(展开全部)

Book Description In Art: A New History, Paul Johnson turns his great gifts as a world historian to a subject that has enthralled him all his life: the history of art. This narrative account, from the earliest cave paintings up to the present day, has new things to say about almost every period of art. Taking account of changing scholarship and shifting opinions, he draws our...(展开全部)