The file you are referencing, , is one of the most controversial and historically significant biographies of the 20th century.
Proceed with caution, and always cross-check Irving’s footnotes. You’ll likely find they lead exactly where the London court said they would: down a path of deliberate distortion. The file you are referencing, , is one
Irving argued that Hitler had no knowledge of the mass extermination of Jews until late 1943 and that he actually tried to mitigate the excesses of his subordinates. Irving argued that Hitler had no knowledge of
: It details Hitler’s strategies, foreign policy gambits, and his frequent conflicts with his own generals. One must distinguish between the undeniable craft of
To review David Irving’s Hitler’s War (or La Guerra de Hitler in the Castellano edition) is to walk a tightrope. One must distinguish between the undeniable craft of the narrative and the deeply controversial, often discredited, ideology that fuels it. It is a book that every serious student of history should read—not to understand Hitler, but to understand the dangers of the "Great Man" theory taken to its absolute extreme.