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A review by jeffcass
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough
5.0
I've read a lot of Hitler literature over the years; some good, some bad. This, along with the accompanying first volume, stands with the best ones.
It's been almost 80 years since his death, but Hitler continues to arouse the curiosity of countless readers throughout the world, myself included. Germany's atrocities during the war were truly indescribable, but McDonough does a good job at conveying this to the reader.
I actually preferred McDonough's approach compared to Shirer's in the latter's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. McDonough doesn't get lost too much in presenting his own personal opinion, and states pure facts, which is the way I prefer it when reading this sort of book.
As Moorhouse of History Today described it:
"Rarely has the odious story of the Third Reich been so elegantly presented"
It's been almost 80 years since his death, but Hitler continues to arouse the curiosity of countless readers throughout the world, myself included. Germany's atrocities during the war were truly indescribable, but McDonough does a good job at conveying this to the reader.
I actually preferred McDonough's approach compared to Shirer's in the latter's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. McDonough doesn't get lost too much in presenting his own personal opinion, and states pure facts, which is the way I prefer it when reading this sort of book.
As Moorhouse of History Today described it:
"Rarely has the odious story of the Third Reich been so elegantly presented"