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The Coming of the Third Reich

By: Richard J. Evans
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany. With The Coming of the Third Reich, Richard Evans, one of the world’s most distinguished historians, has written the definitive account for our time. A masterful synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans’s history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as it shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. The Coming of the Third Reich is a masterwork of the historian’s art and the book by which all others on the subject will be judged.

©2005 Richard J. Evans (P)2010 Gildan Media Corp Europe Germany Military Politics & Government World Socialism War Imperialism Soviet Union Inspiring Holocaust Liberalism Middle Ages Capitalism Interwar Period Russia

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"[A]n impressive achievement.... [Evans'] opus will be one of the major historical works of our time." ( The Atlantic)
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I know I did this all wrong, but I actually came to this book last, having already listened to the other two parts of the trilogy.

Perhaps of the three, this is the most dry, but you know, it kind of has to be. It focuses on the political machinations surrounding the Nazis through to 1933. Some of the political nuances are not that easy to follow, but Evans doesn't shy away from them. He shows how the Nazi party were able to exploit dubious precedents to create the veneer of legality.

It really is (just like the other parts) brilliantly written, inuitively organised, and clearly narrated at a comfortable pace.

I cannot recommend this series highly enough.

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A vital work that examines all aspects employed by the Nazis in order to manufacture consent amongst the ordinary German people. Nothing is more salient for explaining what we are witnessing in the US today

A masterpiece of research. Don't be put off by the narration

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Coming of the Third Reich to be better than the print version?

If I had time to read I would but using the audio version I can listen in the car.

What didn’t you like about Sean Pratt’s performance?

Read as though he hadn't seen the words before. Some inappropriate pauses and weird pronunciations. Quay pronounced to rhyme with way instead of like key.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was surprised by the background and it helped me understand how and why Germany fell into this trap in 1933.

Here's how it happened

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For a non-fictional book to raise such emotions in me, as this book did, is extremely rare. The description of Otto Wells last address to the Reichstag before the passing of the Enabling Act made me shed actual tears over the mans courage in the face of persecution. Just fantastic!!

Masterpiece... nothing less

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This surpassed my expectations in the details presented about how the Nazis came to power. very well researched.

I would have preferred an English narrator though.

very very well researched history.

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