Alan Bullock fue un historiador británico cuyo trabajo se centró en figuras clave del siglo XX. Ganó renombre por sus completas biografías de Adolf Hitler, examinando meticulosamente su ascenso al poder y su ideología subyacente. La perspectiva de Bullock evolucionó con el tiempo, retratando inicialmente a Hitler como un político oportunista antes de reconocerlo más tarde como un ideólogo impulsado. Sus estudios comparativos, como 'Hitler y Stalin: Vidas Paralelas', arrojan más luz sobre la naturaleza de los regímenes antagónicos. La prosa precisa y el profundo análisis de Bullock lo establecen como una voz significativa en la erudición histórica.
A comparative study of the lives and careers of Hitler and Stalin. Alternate chapters on each serve both to draw contrasts and highlight parallels. The author gives his reasons for believing that the key to an understanding the character of the two is the same.
A discussion of the development of the culture and society of Europe includes examinations of art, farming, science, and politics
A Study in Tyranny
Covers Hitler's life, from his obscure beginnings through his advance to supreme absolute power and then his final decline and suicide in the bunker as Russian shells fell around him. This title is divided into three main sections, dealing with Hitler's early life, how he consolidated his position, and his actions in the Second World War.
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Ernest Bevin: Foreign Secretary is the definitive study by a major historian of the last phase in the career of an outstanding British public figure of this century and of a crucial period in world history after World War II. The events of Bevin's term as Foreign Secretary include the first phase of the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Alliance, the division of Germany, the Schuman Plan, the creation of Israel, the independence of India and Pakistan, and the Korean War. Britain was deeply involved in all of these events but the material has not hitherto been available to make possible a clearer understanding of British policy and Britain's role in relation to the post-war settlement. The author had to wait 30 years after Bevin's death before his papers became available for use, bringing advantages for the author and the reader. Alan Bullock was able to talk to many who were involved closely with Bevin after the War and whose recollections of him were still vivid, but many of the most valuable witnesses have since died, including Lord Attlee, Dean Acheson and Lewis Douglas. Lord Bullock had the advantage of watching a period and a series of events (he was thirty when Bevin became Foreign Secretary) slowly change and display new facets as the historical perspective lengthened. Lord Bullock's work is a landmark of contemporary history.
Najdokładniejsza biografia Adolfa Hitlera, a jednocześnie wnikliwe studium ideologii nazistowskiej. Monumentalne dzieło Alana Bullocka skupia się na sylwetce dyktatora i tyrana. Autor odtwarza historię całego życia Adolfa Hitlera, drogę od szczytu władzy do spektakularnego upadku. Jak jego dzieciństwo wpłynęło na to, kim się stał? Jakich środków użył, aby rozciągnąć swoją władzę daleko poza granice Niemiec? I dlaczego swoimi przemowami porywał tłumy? Najnowsze polskie wydanie zostało wzbogacone o przedmowę profesora Andrzeja Ledera, która rzuca nowe światło na klasyczną już analizę postaci Hitlera. Jest też uzupełnione o fragmenty, które we wcześniejszych edycjach były usunięte przez cenzurę PRL. „Biografia Hitlera autorstwa Alana Bullocka to wybitne dzieło. Wyczerpujące, przejrzyste i świetnie napisane.” – TheNew York Times „Wspaniale napisany, gruntownie udokumentowany i niezwykle przekonujący portret Hitlera. Przez długi czas pozostanie jego najbardziej wiarygodną biografią.” – Journal of Central European Affairs „Dzięki tej książce Alan Bullock triumfalnie znalazł się wśród najlepszych współczesnych historyków.” – The Guardian
