Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler - Shigeru Mizuki

Seventy years after his death, Adolf Hitler remains a mystery. - Historians, military tacticians, and psychologists have tried in - vain to unravel his complex motivations for leading Germany into - the Holocaust and World War II. With Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, the - manga-ka (Kitaro, NonNonba, Showa: A History of Japan) delves deep - into the history books to create an absorbing and eloquent portrait - of Hitler's life. - Beginning with Hitler's time in Austria as a starving art student - and ending with a Germany in ruins, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler retraces - the path Hitler took in life, coolly examining his charismatic appeal - and his calculated political maneuvering. The Munich Beer Putsch, - Hitler's ascent to chancellor, the sudden death of his half-niece Geli, the Battle of Stalingrad, his - relationship with Eva Braun, and his eventual demise: all are given equal attention in this thorough - and compelling biography. - In Mizuki's signature style, which populates incredibly realistic backgrounds with cartoony - characters, Japan's most famous living cartoonist has created an overview of Hitler's life that is as - fascinating as it is informative.