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ISBN: 9780307408846

Book Title: In the Garden of Beasts : Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Item Length: 9.5in

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.

Publication Year: 2011

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

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Author: Erik Larson

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science

Topic: Holocaust, Europe / Germany, Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Political, Historical

Item Width: 6.4in

Item Weight: 24.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 464 Pages

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"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes."-- New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the "New Germany," she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance--and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler's true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

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In the Garden of Beasts : Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

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Erik Larson

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English

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Holocaust, Europe / Germany, Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Political, Historical

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2011

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Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science

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464 Pages

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by bevbevebev
Dec 23, 2015Top favourable review
Well Done
Eric Larson writes almost too well. This book was so interesting and easy to read that I had to slow down and remind myself that the subject matter was real and what my purpose was in reading it. It helped to fill in my study of the subject including Mein Kampf, Inside the Third Reich, histories of the Franco-Prussian War and WWI, and Radley Balko's Rise of the Warrior Cop. It's happening here and too many Americans are keeping their heads down, denying the reality, and just trying to get on with their lives.Eric Larson writes almost too well. This book was so interesting and easy to read that I had to slow down and remind myself that the subject matter was real and what my purpose was in reading it. It helped to fill in my study of the subject including Mein Kampf, Inside the Third Reich, histories of the Franco-Prussian War and WWI, and Radley Balko's Rise of the Warrior Cop. It's happening here and too many Americans are keeping their heads down, denying the reality, and just trying to get on with their lives.
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by doctorock
Nov 02, 2011
Walk in the garden with Red RIding Hood, Mr Rogers, & the Big Bad Wolves
In the early days of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, FDR sent an unusual ambassador to Berlin, a plain and uncomplicated man, who represented American values better than a more typical ambassadorial candidate might have. Wm E Dodd was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago, not a millionaire, or a graduate of Harvard-Princeton-Yale, as so many ambassadors of the period were. He more represented a Democratic Cal Coolidge than the "Pretty Good Club" members of the State Department would have preferred; these worthies worked against him for the entirety of his tenure in Berlin, ignoring his reports, or placing them in the worst light. The sad result of history would prove Dodd correct and the Pretty Good Club dangerously wrong, not just in their blatant anti-Semitism, but in ... In the early days of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, FDR sent an unusual ambassador to Berlin, a plain and uncomplicated man, who represented American values better than a more typical ambassadorial candidate might have. Wm E Dodd was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago, not a millionaire, or a graduate of Harvard-Princeton-Yale, as so many ambassadors of the period were. He more represented a Democratic Cal Coolidge than the "Pretty Good Club" members of the State Department would have preferred; these worthies worked against him for the entirety of his tenure in Berlin, ignoring his reports, or placing them in the worst light. The sad result of history would prove Dodd correct and the Pretty Good Club dangerously wrong, not just in their blatant anti-Semitism, but in their failure to recognize the danger Hitler and his gang represented. While England and France desperately sought appeasement, emotionally and physically spent after the excesses of the "War to End All Wars", or WWI, Hitler played the Big Bad Wolf to their fears. Despite warnings from Dodd, and from Consul General George Messersmith, the Pretty Good Club twiddled their thumbs. Messersmith had been vehement in his warnings to the State Department about the increase in violence against Jews and American tourists in Germany, even before the arrival of Dodd in Berlin, a topic much ridiculed at State. It's difficult to imagine a more benighted man than William Phillips, Undersecretary of State, and informal head of the "Pretty Good Club", whose anti-Semitism rivaled the most virulent Nazi. Phillips blocked Dodd's efforts, at every turn, to awaken American policies and politicians to the coming threat of war. The author describes the growth of paranoia among the Diplomatic Corps and the civilian populace, as the Nazis increase their stranglehold on daily life, when the threat of a knock in the night by the Gestapo became a feared reality. Things came to a head with the “Night of the Long Knives“, when Ernst Rohm and his brown-shirted Storm Troopers were neutralized--by wholesale executions, described by Hitler as "only 77 deaths, three of whom were loyal soldiers killed in attempting to arrest" some of the miscreants. The putsch allowed Hitler to consolidate his power base; the death of President Hindenburg offered Hitler an avenue to usurp total power, achieving a stranglehold on the country. His elevation to Fuhrer ultimately lead to the staged invasion of Poland five years later. Author Larkin develops this story well, offering insights into the paralysis of the Allies, the German people themselves, and ordinary lives in a turbulent time. The siren song the Nazis played struck a responsive chord among a despondent people that allowed Hitler to fulfill his wildest fantasies, eventually enveloping the world in a firestorm to consume some 50 million lives. Counterpoint to the story follows Dodd's daughter, Martha who first found the stereotypical Nazi superman intensely attractive, but would later see the Nazis as bloodthirsty jackals. In the meantime, she bedded a cast of characters, from the head of the Gestapo, to a Soviet NKVD agent, who she claimed to be the love of her life, although he was less enamored of her. Ironically, his masters used him to control her, forcing him to write a last letter to her at gunpoint. In truth, the Soviets were no better, as bloodthirsty as the Nazis, and as intent on feeding their own interests at the
by jamieblount48
Mar 08, 2015
Berlin Revisited
Regardless of whether one sees Berlin as the pre-eminent capital of art, music, and technology over 100 years ago, the decadent abyss between World Wars I and II, the mere skeleton of itself after World War II, or the point of severest point contention between Soviet and American forces during the Cold War, this book is a must read. Never in history was Berlin a sleepy town, and this book by Erik Larson makes that point very clear. The stark ugliness juxtaposed to the majestic splendor of Berlin explained in this book will reaffirm in any reader the conclusion I made years ago: Berlin is not unlike New York, impossible to like, but easily loved or hated. I belong to the former category.Regardless of whether one sees Berlin as the pre-eminent capital of art, music, and technology over 100 years ago, the decadent abyss between World Wars I and II, the mere skeleton of itself after World War II, or the point of severest point contention between Soviet and American forces during the Cold War, this book is a must read. Never in history was Berlin a sleepy town, and this book by Erik Larson makes that point very clear. The stark ugliness juxtaposed to the majestic splendor of Berlin explained in this book will reaffirm in any reader the conclusion I made years ago: Berlin is not unlike New York, impossible to like, but easily loved or hated. I belong to the former category.
by elise1248
Oct 25, 2020
Great Book, All of Larson's are Great Book!
Eric Larson is the best author I've read...perhaps ever. His books are NON-Fiction but read like fiction. History written in such a manner that the pages turn quickly and keep the reader wanting more. Read one of the Larson book and you'll be hooked. I give them as gifts. Excellent!
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by wiperfisher
Mar 25, 2020
Erik Larson a great story teller.
We are very lucky in this country to have so many great historians. Erik Larson is right there at the top. He plucks these great events from the past and recreates them in an easy reading narrative that is historically accurate and captivating, absolutely intoxicating...really ..lol
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