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IAN KERSHAW’S MOTIVES TO WRITE HITLER’S BIOGRAPHY

The first ‘Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris’ volume of Ian Kershaw’s study saw the light of publishing date back in 1998, yet the researching-and-writing process had already covered a period of ten years since 1989.

The author would need another two years of involvement to fully complete his second volume known as ‘Hitler 1936–1945: Nemesis’. We should praise the fact, that Ian Kershaw gained worldwide recognition for his studies about German history, the Third Reich years before the well-known biography of Hitler.

This academic involvement and devotion and a sophisticated amount of collected materials did become a starting point for three decades of Kershaw’s historical activity and still shape his academic career. In this respect, I would define three phases of Ian Kershaw’s career as the recognized author and military history popularizer.

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