

Young Hitler
The Making of the Führer
Author: Paul Ham
Narrator: James Anderson Foster
Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 06/05/2018
Author: Paul Ham
Narrator: James Anderson Foster
Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 06/05/2018
Paul Ham is the author of several histories, including Hiroshima Nagasaki; Sandakan; and 1914: The Year the World Ended. A former journalist and publisher, he has worked for the Financial Times Group and was the Australia correspondent for the Sunday Times of London for many years. He now lives in Paris.
How did a young man who wanted to be an artist end up one of the most reviled, evil men of recent history? As a mother, I have often wondered what horrible mistakes his family must have made to raise a son that ordered the deaths of millions of people. It turns out the answer really isn't as simple......more
This is an important book which tries to put the human element back into the monster and evil Hitler who has been judged as solely responsible for the death of millions in Europe. Hitler has emerged as a reclusive youth who managed to confront his youth armed with illusions of grandeur. With no fami......more
Everybody knows Hitler, the adult. This covers the early years and how he became that man. I knew he was a painter and a soldier in WWI, but up until now had never read any accounts of people he interacted with during those phases of his early life. That was eye-opening. When wondering how could Hitl......more
I enjoyed the factual stuff...but didn't need the Guardian-editorial concluding chapter/epilogue...in which Ham parades his clear-and-present political bias...in a wishy-washy polemic worthy of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'!...even down to use of vituperative epithets (he's an Aussie!) & wild conjectures (b......more