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"This book is not a biography of Hitler, although much of the details of his life come into it, so much as a portrait of various scholars and activists who have tried to make sense of his life -- from magisterial historians to Jewish champions and a Holocaust denier or two. Rosenbaum not only discusses their theories, but interviews them, so that the reader gets a sense of their personal backgrounds and feelings about one of the most maddening and mysterious figures of world history. He doesn't pass obvious judgment on any of them -- just lets them say their piece, which sometimes means letting them hang themselves. The book manages a marvelous, near-perfect balance between narrative and theory, speculation and investigation, philosophy and psychology, character portraits and historic background."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- German
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
War/Cloak & Dagger story?
- Led as politician
Politician story?
- rightist dictator
War/Spying
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- dictator
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Germany
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- sarcastic/sardonic
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- race
- decency
- war
- justice system
- wicked men
- dying
- religion
Writer's slant towards subject:
- neutral
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 51-75% of book
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