RaveBooklist\"Step by step, the book recounts the process by which Hitler exploited his position in order to install autocracy. Ryback deftly manages what could have been an unwieldy narrative, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions about the book’s relevance to current events.\
RaveBooklistBeevor persuasively argues that many—but not all—of the most salacious stories about Rasputin were exaggerated or fabricated, but the corruption which seemed to follow in his wake was very real ... Rasputin’s role in the downfall of the Romanovs has been shrouded in legend, and this eerily timely book illustrates the sordid reality behind the sinister myth.
RaveBooklist\"Parten persuasively argues that the refugee crisis played an unappreciated role in shaping that transition. Tragically, the march’s promise of freedom was largely truncated in the postwar era, and few of the refugees found the freedom they believed they were marching toward. What began as a military triumph ended as a civil-rights failure. This unique look at well-known historical events belongs in all history collections.\
