Hitler and Stalin

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•I, iS practically unprecedentei

'It is practically unpr ecedented to take " two stich monsters as Hitler aá|d Stalin, who never met, and interweave their lives chronologically, chapter ; by chapter, often paragraph by paragraph, as Bullock has done. j ... . L r . . . _ • , It sounds like a recipe for confusion, irritation and indigestion. In fact, it works brilliantly. The book is a triumph . .. . , SíSf^'í'&l espite its of organisation, hicidity and perspective. John Campbell, Tbe T,mes ¦>¦** 'A magnificent piece of historical writing which, e its massive size, makes for compulsive reading. The sweep iroad and the information concisely conveyed without any » TL. • J______i_______ J L.V TL _

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5 are sane and balanced... The grasp ial is matched by a multitude the mark of a master histórián.' sssssSife^í^ ¦ /-ara bteii .. ftftsim iSliilSl-:' Ujö:® | ipBs&ssgfe narrative mass ith analytical supports to prevent the story collapsing into ail and... Tovább

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•I, iS practically unprecedentei

'It is practically unpr ecedented to take " two stich monsters as Hitler aá|d Stalin, who never met, and interweave their lives chronologically, chapter ; by chapter, often paragraph by paragraph, as Bullock has done. j ... . L r . . . _ • , It sounds like a recipe for confusion, irritation and indigestion. In fact, it works brilliantly. The book is a triumph . .. . , SíSf^'í'&l espite its of organisation, hicidity and perspective. John Campbell, Tbe T,mes ¦>¦** 'A magnificent piece of historical writing which, e its massive size, makes for compulsive reading. The sweep iroad and the information concisely conveyed without any » TL. • J______i_______ J L.V TL _

of interpretations which ar<

5 are sane and balanced... The grasp ial is matched by a multitude the mark of a master histórián.' sssssSife^í^ ¦ /-ara bteii .. ftftsim iSliilSl-:' Ujö:® | ipBs&ssgfe narrative mass ith analytical supports to prevent the story collapsing into ail and boning the r«d„. Ve, he can slow the for ------m ilÜ III I msM ¦ » ¦ < • • ¦ § a vivid Vignette or apt quotation A magnetic chromchng... which, by dint ot its ^>distillation of a vast amount of matter, and by virtue öi its Slfli^ author's consummate powers of analysis and narrative, 1 . . i r i • f i i« • > •^SfV- becomes a standard work from the lre®| instant ot publication. • S^laiilií v i -^Martin Fagg, MS^l/-: ¦ ' 'Lord Bullock has carried out to perfection an artistic revenge on Public Enemies Numbers One and Two. This enormous book is a fitting tombstone to their world.' Andrew Robert$, Spectator Vissza