Hitler & Stalin vs Tyrants: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dictators, Biography & Memoir, History
Hitler & Stalin
“WHO, THEN, were these two men who were to leave such an indelible imprint on European history in the twentieth century?”
Forty years after his Hitler: A Study in Tyranny set a standard for scholarship of the Nazi era, Lord Alan Bullock gives readers a breathtakingly accomplished dual biography that places Adolf Hitler's origins,…
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Tyrants
Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe. Although Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been deposed, North Korea's Kim Jong-il…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Tyrants is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 20 for Hitler & Stalin.
How to choose
Reception
| Hitler & Stalin | Tyrants | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Editions | 27 | 5 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 9229 |
| Pages | 1081 | 368 |