Laurence Rees is an award-winning historian and documentary filmmaker. He has authored several books including The Holocaust, the bestselling, Auschwitz: A New History, and his forthcoming title, The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History. He lives in London.
"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony,
vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of
how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most
destructive and inhumane war in history."--Professor Sir Ian
Kershaw, author of Hitler - Hubris and Hitler - Nemesis
"Rees is incredibly successful with this dual biography of the most
notorious figures of the 20th century, focusing specifically on the
war years."--JulzReads
"Via meticulous research and mesmerizing testimonies, Rees expertly
reveals the 'malleability of the human mind'."--Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
"A vivid and terrifying portrait of the twentieth century's two
most brutal tyrants. His mastery of the subject shines through on
every page. Provocative, gripping and full of fresh insights,
Hitler and Stalin is narrative history at its very best."--Henry
Hemming, author of Churchill's Iceman
"Coming from one of the world's experts on the Second World War,
this is an important and original - and devastating - account of
Hitler and Stalin as dictators. A must read."--Professor Robert
Service, author of Stalin: A Biography.
"In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily
perceptive and original."--Sir Antony Beevor, author of
Stalingrad.
"Presenting this complex history with his usual clarity, his latest
study is an enthralling read, weaving many fresh eyewitness
accounts into the narrative, offering new insights and commanding
his reader's attention despite the huge scope of his task."--Julia
Boyd, author of Travelers in the Third Reich
"This richly detailed history powerfully documents the destruction
that tyrants with utopian visions can inflict upon the
world."--Publishers Weekly
"This excellent book for the general reader is shorter and gives an
authoritative and very readable understanding of who Hitler and
Stalin were and what they did."--BookPage
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