This autumn The Times
is serialising an unparalleled range of books. As well as biographies
of some of the most important figures of the 20th century, we have
the long-awaited second volume of Alan Clark's diaries.
Online, we have gathered these extracts together, and added a range of additional features.
They include Milestones from The Times - articles from our archives which shed additional light on the extracts we have selected. You will also find reviews of the books, and Viewpoint - where online readers can add their voices to the debates that these books are bound to stir up.
The Collection begins with a serialisation of Ian Kershaw's biography of Hitler. Forthcoming titles include The Alan Clark Diaries: Into Politics edited by Ion Trewin; Midnight Diaries by Boris Yeltsin; America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Sarah Bradford; The Ashdown Diaries, Volume One 1988-1997.
Hitler 1936-1945:
Nemesis, by Ian Kershaw, Penguin
The book's intention is to make clear the often conflicting dynamics
that led from the seemingly stable and successful Germany of 1937 to
the brutalised military state of the 1940s. At the heart of the
book lies Hitler's decision to unleash the annihilatory war in the
East and the terrifying new universe this brought into being.
Author profile:
Ian Kershaw is Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield. He was the historical adviser to the two BBC series The Nazis: A Warning from History and War of the Century. His previous books include The Hitler Myth: Image and Reality in the Third Reich and The Nazi Dictatorship.
