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Did anyone else find this book to be just an unenjoyable slog? And no, I don't mean the subject matter. I just found the political intricacies to be very slow going.

Jochen Träm Honestly, the very detailed description of, well, pretty much everything is in my perspective one of the major selling points of Kershaw's work. YMMV.…moreHonestly, the very detailed description of, well, pretty much everything is in my perspective one of the major selling points of Kershaw's work. YMMV.(less)

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What's the better read, this series or Ullrich's book?

Robert I was wondering the same thing, have you read both series since you asked this question?

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I an a newcomer of the history of The Third Reich,and I want to read The Third Reich Trilogy(by Richard J Evans) and Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler during my period of undergraduate.Which should I read firstly?

Tom Allen I have not read Kershaw's book yet, but I am likewise a newcomer to reading about this period of history. I just read Evans' Third Reich in Power (the…moreI have not read Kershaw's book yet, but I am likewise a newcomer to reading about this period of history. I just read Evans' Third Reich in Power (the second book in his trilogy) and can offer some thoughts. Evans seems to try to describe how the Nazis affected every aspect of life during their rule. He begins by describing the courts and the law under the Nazis, then discusses art, education, religion, the economy, etc. He winds up the book with a section titled" Road to War". While I found myself questioning how representative the narrative accounts were as presented throughout the book, each section seemed to provide a reasonable conclusion about how the Nazis ruled Germany. The bottom line seems to be that the Nazis essentially dominated every aspect of life. Their nationalistic goals had support among the populace but their methods were nothing short of insane, dictatorial, and perverse in achieving the restoration of the German spirit. Evans' TRIP leads to the conclusion that F.A. Hayek's "Road to Serfdom" (written in the wake of World War 2) was a pretty fair assessment of what happens when government becomes too powerful and too centralized.(less)

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