![[OK!]](https://staging.fpp.co.uk/old-web/pictures/checkmar.gif "HWReviews 4") “DAVID IRVING has ransacked the world’s archives; he has discovered eye-witness accounts; he has unearthed diaries and correspondence which were thought to have been destroyed; he has interviewed survivors of the Hitler entourage and he has drawn significance from the memoirs of men whose part in the story hitherto passed unconsidered.
“All this evidence he has welded into a narrative which is, for all its inevitable complexities, remarkably comprehensible and, for all that is both dense and long, surprisingly readable.”
— Professor J.E. Molpurgo, The Yorkshire Post.
“THERE IS no denying his ability as a master of narrative. From the cosy domesticity of some God-forsaken war command in Prussia to the strident atmosphere of the Army’s command headquarters, Irving passes with ease, finding quotations and facts to paint vivid pictures of Hitler and his entourage as they crowded with delight over some victory or sat gloomily around after some upset on one of the many fronts. There is also great scope to his [Irving’s] work. We are constantly reminded that Hitler had his hands occupied with North Africa, Greece, Italy and Russia . . . Irving is good too, when he is describing the advance of armies and the wrangling of generals trying to get more men and materials into their particular areas.”
— Irish Independent
“DAVID IRVING might well wonder whether he can expect justice. Before one has even opened this large book, one is only too well aware that it has been both denounced and derided by many historians in Europe and in America, and that it is the source of much high feeling . . . In fact this disposes one favourably to Irving. It is high time that Hitler studies moved on . . . It could be that a dedicated worker such as Irving, who is prepared to take nothing for granted and who is free from the tram-like mentality which affects many academics, might succeed in revealing new and hitherto unsuspected aspect of this challenging and baffling enigma . . . His book is hugely interesting, his narrative is compelling and his arguments forceful . . . His book has it own unity. It is an excellent description of Germany at war, and of Hitler’s part in that war.”
— New Society
What the American Press has said about Hitler’s War:
“IRVING IS a tireless and adroit researcher, whose forte is coaxing unpublished material out of private hands . . . By documenting Hitler’s activities in the detail that he has, Irving has refined considerably our picture of this extremely complex man.” — Liberal Journey
“THE AUTHOR has combined impressive research and beautiful writing to produce a meticulously recorded portrait of the man who led his nation to disaster.”
— Boston Herald American
“TWELVE YEARS in the making, this massive volume is a model of careful scholarship, historical objectivity and readability . . . Irving could scarcely be described as a Hitler fan, but he does enable us to understand why the German leader held such absolute power for so long.” — Publishers Weekly
“IRVING’S ACCOUNT of the climatic campaigns, invasions, collapsing alliances, and chaotic outcome of Hitler’s War often reads like Carlyle’s French Revolution. He sustains his narrative masterfully; his scholarly documentation is impressive, but never distracting. From the opening scene on Hitler’s special train, his command post in 1939, to his wedding in the doomed bunker in Berlin, this is a brilliantly executed book that provides provocative and memorable reading.” — Charles Ewing, The National Observer
“IT IS wonderful how Mr Irving, without any confusion or any dull stretches, ranges over the entire German war effort. He shows us the precise importance of each problem, from the squabbles between Rumania and Hungary to the decay of the Luftwaffe, from the sources of raw materials to the roles that individual generals played. The book is a brilliant study of war which makes military problems fascinating, and — possibly because the loosing side becomes so vivid — war loathsome.
— Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker
“AND IT IS wryly, bitterly amusing to reflect that a British historian, David Irving, perhaps the greatest living authority on the Nazi era, has recently asserted in his book HITLER’S WAR that there is not a shred of evidence to prove that Hitler himself knew anything about the methods adopted by Himmler to achieve the ‘final solution of the Jewish problem.'”
— Stephen Spender, The New York Times review of books,
Sunday . . . March 1977.
Some other American Book Reviews: Hitler’s War
1. Boston College International and Comparative Law Review on Hitler — Vol. 111, No. 1 August 1979.2 Virginia Quarterly Review on Hitler — Spring 1979.
3. Marine Corps Gazette on Hitler — reviewed by Lt. Col. R.J. Wilson, August 1979.
4. Queens Quarterly (Queens University, Ontario, Canada) on Hitler — March 1979 — reviewed by J.S. Conway (University of British Columbia).
5. Source Unknown — review of Hitler book by Paul Ziegler (Associate Professor of European History at Assumption College).
6. The American Historical Review (Indiana University) — review by Robert Waite, Williams College on Hitler.
7. Best Sellers on Hitler — reviewed by William Goldcamp, Wheaton, Maryland, April 1979.
8. The Sunday Oregonian on Hitler — reviewed by Paul Pintarich, October 22nd 1979.
9. The New Yorker on Hitler, 12th November 1978.
10. The American Spectator, on Hitler, January 1979.
11. Boston Herald American on Hitler — reviewed by Albert Duhamel, 11th May 1975.
12. A.L.A. Booklist on Hitler.
13. Village Voice on Hitler, 30th October 1978.
14. The American Mercury (The Book Shelf) on Hitler — reviewed by E.L. Anderson in 1977.
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“The book however was far more than a simple denial of Hitler’s role. It was thoroughly researched and employed a variety of themes . . . It also confirmed Irving’s reputation as one of the world’s most thorough researchers and an exciting and readable ‘historian’.”
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