7.07.2012
Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power
by Andrew Nagorski, 327 pgs, hardcover
Overall Grade: A-
A little jumpy and hard to follow at times, but this is due the nature of the book, which doesn't follow just one person or family (like 'In the Garden of the Beasts' followed the Dodd family), Nagorski pulls accounts from many sources, students, spouses, reporters, diplomats. Moving chronologically, the author presents varying perspectives on Germany (mostly Berlin) of the 1920's and 1930's through the eyes of the Americans that were there, right up till Dec. 1941 when Germany declared war on the US. Interesting to see how frustrated the diplomats and reporters could be with the people back home who just couldn't believe their forecasts of what was coming.
Overall Grade: A-
A little jumpy and hard to follow at times, but this is due the nature of the book, which doesn't follow just one person or family (like 'In the Garden of the Beasts' followed the Dodd family), Nagorski pulls accounts from many sources, students, spouses, reporters, diplomats. Moving chronologically, the author presents varying perspectives on Germany (mostly Berlin) of the 1920's and 1930's through the eyes of the Americans that were there, right up till Dec. 1941 when Germany declared war on the US. Interesting to see how frustrated the diplomats and reporters could be with the people back home who just couldn't believe their forecasts of what was coming.
Labels: genre: historical, genre: non-fiction, media: book