Hitler's Diplomat: The Life and Times of Joachim von Ribbentrop
John Weitz, (Foreword) Tom Wolfe
ISBN 10: 0395621526 ISBN 13: 9780395621523
Published by Ticknor & Fields, 1992
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This first full-length English language biography of Hitler's notorious foreign minister is also an authoritative account of the social and political workings of Nazi Germany. With a provocative foreword by Tom Wolfe. B&W illus. 376p. Seller Inventory # 1364955
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This first full-length English-language biography of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Adolf Hitler's notorious foreign minister, is also an authoritative account of the social and political workings of Nazi Germany. The result of a lifetime of research and firsthand experience, the book combines narrative history of the highest order and intimate familiarity with the people, events, and social currents that animated Hitler's regime.
A well-to-do social climber who made and married money, von Ribbentrop was among the few in Hitler's circle with a claim to social prominence. As ambassador to England, von Ribbentrop quickly worked his way up to head the Foreign Ministry, along the way negotiating the British Naval Agreement, the Anti-Comintern Pact, and the Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Frustrated during the war, when diplomacy was rendered virtually obsolete, von Ribbentrop never forsook his Fuhrer even at Nurnberg, where he was tried and hanged as a senior war criminal.
With a provocative foreword by Tom Wolfe that draws disturbing comparisons between the Berlin of the 1930s and American society of the 1980s, Hitler's Diplomat is not only the riveting story of one of Hitler's closest collaborators, it also provides a window onto a side of Nazi Germany that is as fascinating as it is troubling: the men and women of culture and means who gave themselves to Hitler and his war machine.
Synopsis: A biography of Adolf Hitler's foreign minister provides a narrative history of the people, events, and social currents that animated Hitler's regime.
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Title: Hitler's Diplomat: The Life and Times of ...
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good