Hitler's Diplomat: The Life and Times of Joachim Von RibbentropTicknor & Fields, 1992 - 376 pages 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. |
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Page 140
... Hess arrived from Berlin . Hess was senior to von Ribbentrop within the Nazi Party , since the Büro was technically part of Hess's Deputy of the Führer organization . The Italian protocol people enjoyed much glee while watching the ...
... Hess arrived from Berlin . Hess was senior to von Ribbentrop within the Nazi Party , since the Büro was technically part of Hess's Deputy of the Führer organization . The Italian protocol people enjoyed much glee while watching the ...
Page 266
... Hess flew a fast and dangerous Messerschmitt - 110 fighter plane in the direction of Britain on a private peacemaking mission . People who knew him were stunned . Could Hess ... Hess's organization ) , and Hess's flight 266 HITLER'S DIPLOMAT.
... Hess flew a fast and dangerous Messerschmitt - 110 fighter plane in the direction of Britain on a private peacemaking mission . People who knew him were stunned . Could Hess ... Hess's organization ) , and Hess's flight 266 HITLER'S DIPLOMAT.
Page 267
... Hess was an impor- tant man , and that he was not in a position to say no to the Führer's deputy . " But you knew Hess was insane ! " yelled Hitler . It turned out that Hess had practiced with guidance systems and navigation . Hitler hoped ...
... Hess was an impor- tant man , and that he was not in a position to say no to the Führer's deputy . " But you knew Hess was insane ! " yelled Hitler . It turned out that Hess had practiced with guidance systems and navigation . Hitler hoped ...
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