Goering
：Hitler's Iron Knight
Publication subTitle ：Hitler's Iron Knight
Author： Overy Richard
Publisher： I.B.Tauris
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9780857720795
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781848859326
Subject： K15 contemporary history (1917 ~);K5 European History
Keyword： 欧洲史,现代史（1917年~）,世界政治
Language： ENG
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Description
Hermann Goering was Hitler's most loyal supporter, his designated successor and the second most powerful man in the Third Reich. One of the main architects of the Nazi regime, he was also instrumental in the creation of the Gestapo and directly ordered the Final Solution. But who was the man behind the carefully-constructed mask? _x000D__x000D_Self-indulgent and ruthless, sybaritic and brutal, egotistical yet capable of self-effacement, weak-willed yet fiercely calculating, Goering was a contradictory, complex and often buffoonish character. He styled himself as the 'Iron Man' but was known to wear togas, fur coats and faux-medieval hunting outfits. A brilliant World War I fighter pilot, military leader and mercurial Luftwaffe commander, he also loved the opera and took a perverse pride in his ill-gotten, infamous art collection. _x000D__x000D_In this classic biography, Richard Overy takes the reader on a chilling journey into the heart of Hitler's inner circle. He illuminates the many facets of Goering's personality and charts his story from his golden days as Hitler's most trusted commander to his failures and loss of power after the Battle of Britain, his sensational trial at Nuremberg and his ignominious death by suicide on the eve of his execution.
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