Hitler: A Study in Tyranny
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"Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" is a landmark historical biography by Alan Bullock that offers a comprehensive and influential analysis of Adolf Hitler’s life, rise to power, and dictatorial rule.
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| Hitler: A Study in Tyranny canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hitler: A Study in Tyranny Context triple: [Alan Bullock, notableWork, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny]
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A.
The Mind of Adolf Hitler
The Mind of Adolf Hitler is a psychological and biographical analysis of Adolf Hitler, originally prepared as an intelligence report during World War II, that examines his personality, motivations, and potential behavior.
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B.
When Hitler Came
"When Hitler Came" is a political and autobiographical work by Erika Mann that chronicles the rise of Nazism in Germany and its impact on everyday life and dissenters.
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C.
Hitler’s War
Hitler’s War is a controversial revisionist history book by David Irving that portrays Adolf Hitler and World War II in a manner widely criticized for Holocaust denial and distortion of historical facts.
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D.
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich is the memoir of Albert Speer, offering an insider’s account of Nazi Germany’s leadership, operations, and ideology from the perspective of Hitler’s former armaments minister.
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E.
Gespräche mit Hitler
Gespräche mit Hitler is a controversial book by Hermann Rauschning that purports to record his conversations with Adolf Hitler, often cited in studies of Nazi ideology despite ongoing debates over its authenticity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hitler: A Study in Tyranny Target entity description: "Hitler: A Study in Tyranny" is a landmark historical biography by Alan Bullock that offers a comprehensive and influential analysis of Adolf Hitler’s life, rise to power, and dictatorial rule.
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A.
The Mind of Adolf Hitler
The Mind of Adolf Hitler is a psychological and biographical analysis of Adolf Hitler, originally prepared as an intelligence report during World War II, that examines his personality, motivations, and potential behavior.
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B.
When Hitler Came
"When Hitler Came" is a political and autobiographical work by Erika Mann that chronicles the rise of Nazism in Germany and its impact on everyday life and dissenters.
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C.
Hitler’s War
Hitler’s War is a controversial revisionist history book by David Irving that portrays Adolf Hitler and World War II in a manner widely criticized for Holocaust denial and distortion of historical facts.
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D.
Inside the Third Reich
Inside the Third Reich is the memoir of Albert Speer, offering an insider’s account of Nazi Germany’s leadership, operations, and ideology from the perspective of Hitler’s former armaments minister.
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E.
Gespräche mit Hitler
Gespräche mit Hitler is a controversial book by Hermann Rauschning that purports to record his conversations with Adolf Hitler, often cited in studies of Nazi ideology despite ongoing debates over its authenticity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biography
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book ⓘ |
| approach |
analytical
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biographical narrative ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| author | Alan Bullock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
considered a classic work on Hitler
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widely acclaimed by historians ⓘ |
| examines |
Nazi Party
NERFINISHED
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Weimar Republic politics ⓘ mechanisms of totalitarian control ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Hitler’s dictatorship
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Hitler’s early life ⓘ Hitler’s rise to power ⓘ Hitler’s role in World War II ⓘ Hitler’s rule in Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| hasEdition | revised edition ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
biographical method in political history
ⓘ
postwar understanding of Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | liberal-democratic critique of dictatorship ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Hitler biographies
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studies of totalitarian leadership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
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Nazism ⓘ World War II ⓘ dictatorship ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first major scholarly biographies of Adolf Hitler
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influencing postwar Hitler scholarship ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| portrays |
Hitler as a dictator
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Hitler as a political opportunist ⓘ Hitler as central to the functioning of the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1952 ⓘ |
| publisher | Odhams Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedEditionYear |
1962
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1964 ⓘ |
| setting |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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Europe during the first half of the 20th century ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | single-volume biography ⓘ |
| subjectOf | academic reviews in historical journals ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1889–1945 ⓘ |
| title | Hitler: A Study in Tyranny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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