{"product_id":"the-end-isbn-9780143122135","title":"The End","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Hell and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, a  fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing  and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost the Second World War, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital questions of how and why the Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and almost completely occupied. Drawing on prodigious new research, Ian Kershaw, an award-winning historian and the author of \u003ci\u003eFateful Choices\u003c\/i\u003e, explores these fascinating questions in a gripping and focused narrative that begins with the failed bomb plot in July 1944 and ends with the death of Adolf Hitler and the German capitulation in 1945. \u003ci\u003eThe End\u003c\/i\u003e paints a harrowing yet enthralling portrait of the Third Reich in its last desperate gasps.\"Kershaw's comprehensive research, measured prose, and commonsense  insight combine in a mesmerizing explanation of how and why Nazi Germany  chose self-annihilation.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]superb examination of the final defeat of Hitler's tyranny...an  excellent portrait of the regime's death throes.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an astonishing story well told by the reigning English-speaking  master of Third Reich history...A carefully considered and powerfully  told  saga.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTo Hell and Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End, Fateful Choices,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaking Friends with Hitler,\u003c\/i\u003e is a British historian of twentieth-century Germany noted for his monumental biographies of Adolf Hitler. In 2002, he received his knighthood for services to history. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung in Bonn, Germany. His newest book, \u003ci\u003ePersonality and Power\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in November, 2022.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304488063205,"sku":"NP9780143122135","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122135.jpg?v=1767739175","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-end-isbn-9780143122135","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}