The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power

The Unfathomable Ascent: How Hitler Came to Power by Peter Ross Range

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On the night of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich chancellery in Berlin, butsting with joy. The moment seemed unbelievable, even to Hitler. After an improbable political journey that came close to faltering on many occasions, his march to power had finally succeeded.

While the story of Hitler's rise has been told in books covering larger portions of his life, no previous work has focused solely on his eight year clime to rule: 1925 - 1933. Renowned author Peter Ross Range brings this period back to startling life with a narrative history that describes brushes with power, quests for revenge, nonstop electioneering, American-style campaign tactics, and -- for Hitler -- moments of gloating triumph followed by abject humiliation.

Indeed, this is the tale of a high school dropout's clim from the infamy of a failed coup to the highest office in Europe's largest country. It is a saga of personal growth and lavish living, a melodrama rife with love affairs and even suicide attempts. But it is also the definitive account of Hitler's unrelenting struggle for control over his raucous movement as he fought off challenges, built and bullied coalitions, quelled internecine feuds, and neutralized his enemies -- all culminating in the creation of the Third Reich and the Western world's descent into darkness.

One of the most dramatic and important stories of the twentieth century, Hitler's ascent spans Germany's wobbly recovery from World War I throrough years of growing prosperity and, finally into crippling depression.

Masterfully woven into an unforgettable and urgent narrative, The Unfathomable Ascent will make us remember what we should never forget.

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Little, Brown and Company, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2020