The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this Sibert Medal winning biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this fa ade and presents a picture of a complex person at once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed man. Giblin explores the forces that shaped the man as well as the social conditions that furthered his rapid rise to power. Powerful archival images provide a haunting visual accompaniment to this clear and compelling account of a life that left an ineradicable mark on our world.