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Laddar... In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (utgåvan 2011)av Eric Larson (Författare)
VerksinformationI odjurets trädgård : en amerikansk familj i Hitlers Berlin av Erik Larson
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. like all eric larson's book this was interesting and well written. He didn't have as many side stories as usual, which for me was disappointing. Still, an interesting peek at what life must have been like in Germany as the Nazis came to power ( ) Very well-written and an interesting read. However, it is very much unlike his other books with two protagonists who live parallel lives that eventually intersect with one experience. In this book, Larson has also failed to prevent the one thing that historians must be careful not to do--viewing history through the lens of hindsight. His questioning of why certain people in America did nothing to stop Hitler does not truly take into account the political, economic, and social climate of the time. He states the isolationism of the people and the Great Depression, but does not really represent what that entails and so passive-aggressively questions the US government's ineffectual policies regarding Germany (and really, all of Europe). Regardless, it is extremely interesting to view Nazi Germany from the point of view of those who lived, worked, and loved in what became the most hated regime of all time. The tale of 1933 - from May of 33 to July of 34, really, in Berlin, from the perspective of the American ambassador and his family. Same material as in '1933' by Metcalfe, but much better written. The end was a bit abrupt and somewhat disconnected, but overall a superb page turner. Very disconcerting to see parallels 90 years later. (2011)Another very good up close history. This one explores the Dodds, as William becomes the United States ambassador to Germany during 1933 and 1934 just as Hitler and his gang of thugs start to come to real power. Also a lot of time is spent on Martha, his daughter, who apparently sleeps with every high-ranking German official and Russian spy in the country. The really interesting arc is how William changes from an apologist for the German regime to what appears to be the only wise person in the State Department who realizes that Hitler is a very bad man and only horror will come from his rule.Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2011: In the Garden of Beasts is a vivid portrait of Berlin during the first years of Hitler's reign, brought to life through the stories of two people: William E. Dodd, who in 1933 became America's first ambassador to Hitler's regime, and his scandalously carefree daughter, Martha. Ambassador Dodd, an unassuming and scholarly man, is an odd fit among the extravagance of the Nazi elite. His frugality annoys his fellow Americans in the State Department and Dodd's growing misgivings about Hitler's ambitions fall on deaf ears among his peers, who are content to ?give Hitler everything he wants.? Martha, on the other hand, is mesmerized by the glamorous parties and the high-minded conversation of Berlin's salon societyand flings herself headlong into numerous affairs with the city's elite, most notably the head of the Gestapo and a Soviet spy. Both become players in the exhilarating (and terrifying) story of Hitler's obsession for absolute power, which culminates in the events of one murderous night, later known as ?the Night of Long Knives.? The rise of Nazi Germany is a well-chronicled time in history, which makes In the Garden of Beasts all the more remarkable. Erik Larson has crafted a gripping, deeply-intimate narrative with a climax that reads like the best political thriller, where we are stunned with each turn of the page, even though we already know the outcome. --Shane Hansanuwat
William E. Dodd was an academic historian, living a quiet life in Chicago, when Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him United States ambassador to Germany. It was 1933, Hitler had recently been appointed chancellor, the world was about to change. Had Dodd gone to Berlin by himself, his reports of events, his diary entries, his quarrels with the State Department, his conversations with Roosevelt would be source material for specialists. But the general reader is in luck on two counts: First, Dodd took his family to Berlin, including his young, beautiful and sexually adventurous daughter, Martha; second, the book that recounts this story, “In the Garden of Beasts,” is by Erik Larson, the author of “The Devil in the White City.” Larson has meticulously researched the Dodds’ intimate witness to Hitler’s ascendancy and created an edifying narrative of this historical byway that has all the pleasures of a political thriller: innocents abroad, the gathering storm. . . . Ingår i förlagsserienLe livre de poche (33098) PriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
I juli 1933 reser William E. Dodd till Berlin och blir den första amerikanska ambassadören i Hitlers nyvunna Nazityskland. Till en början förförs hela familjen av de storslagna festerna och den militära prakten. Dottern Martha inleder en affär med Gestapochefen Rudolf Diels. Men snart går Hitlers metoder inte längre att ignorera: judar blir förföljda och trakasseras, och de som protesterar tystas. Redan 1934 har Hitler utsett sig själv till Tysklands diktator. Dodd rapporterar förgäves till det amerikanska utrikesdepartementet, men än är det ingen som förstår hotet om det krig som väntar.I odjurets trädgård skildrar de viktiga förkrigsåren 1933 och 1934, och Erik Larson fördjupar frågan om varför omvärlden inte reagerade förrän halva Europa låg i spillror. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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