- Published: 19 October 2021
- ISBN: 9780241979693
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $26.00
Hitler and Stalin
The Tyrants and the Second World War
- Published: 19 October 2021
- ISBN: 9780241979693
- Imprint: Penguin General UK
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 528
- RRP: $26.00
Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane war in history
Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler – Hubris and Hitler – Nemesis
Coming from one of the world's experts on the Second World War, this is an important and original - and devastating - account of Hitler and Stalin as dictators. A must read
Professor Robert Service, author of Stalin: A Biography.
In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original
Antony Beevor
A brave and remarkable work. Revelatory, gripping and hugely relevant, it shows Hitler and Stalin as you've never known them. Truly a story of our time, with so many lessons for the troubled world we inhabit today, it will revolutionise your understanding of these two foremost tyrants
Damien Lewis, author of The Nazi Hunters
Laurence Rees's 'Hitler and Stalin' is an excellent addition to a subject that fascinates and horrifies in equal measure. Presenting this complex history with his usual clarity, his latest study is an enthralling read. By weaving many fresh eyewitness accounts into the narrative, offering new insights and commanding his reader's attention despite the huge scope of his task, Rees has written a book that will appeal to readers of biography and history alike
Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich
Laurence Rees has produced a vivid and terrifying portrait of the twentieth century's two most brutal tyrants. His mastery of the subject shines through on every page. Provocative, gripping and full of fresh insights, Hitler and Stalin is narrative history at its very best.
Henry Hemming, author of Churchill's Iceman
A fascinating history... always compelling
David Aaronovitch, The Times
Impressive . . . well paced and well informed with an eye for telling anecdotes and colourful character sketches . . . Rees' decision to add personal stories to his narrative adds an important layer to our understanding of both the dictators themselves and their victims
Robert Gerwarth, The Daily Telegraph
[There are] many gems in this impressive book
Tony Rennell, Daily Mail