Richard Evans

Jan 8, 2025 | newstatesman.com | Richard Evans

When I was growing up in the 1950s, the hierarchical structures of British society and politics seemed virtually unchanged from the Victorian era. The upper classes, exemplified by plummy-voiced politicians like Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden, still seemed to be in charge. The Coronation of 1953, which I watched on our neighbours’ tiny, blue-tinged television, was an expression not only of seemingly eternal tradition but also of the centrality of the Church of England in our national life.

Nov 10, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Alexei Navalny |Stephanie Baker |Richard Evans |William Dalrymple

It’s been a great few months for new nonfiction, with books appearing on a number of people and topics that I was keen to know more about. As always, apologies for all the great books I’ve missed and the usual caveat applies: in this roundup I’m led by my interests and gaps in my knowledge, so it is a very personal choice.

Sep 20, 2024 | jpost.com | Glenn C. Altschuler |Richard Evans

A masterful work of history, Hitler’s People is especially relevant at a time in which popular support for democracy is waning and ethnic and racial hatred is rising. At the Nuremberg Trials in 1945, many psychiatrists attributed the crimes of the top echelon of Nazis to their pathological personalities.

Sep 7, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Richard Evans

Adolf Hitler never had any doubt about where a woman’s place was – in the home, looking after the family and providing support to their menfolk on the political and military battlefronts. His Third Reich was one of the most male-supremacist regimes in history, based on a concept of hyper-masculinity expressed through ‘toughness’ and ‘hardness’. ‘Men make history!’ he proclaimed.

Aug 14, 2024 | thejc.com | Richard Evans |Colin Shindler

Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich By Richard J. Evans Allen Lane, £30 Why did so many hitherto responsible citizens become fellow travellers in Hitler’s Germany? Why were ordinary people in their millions sucked into a whirlpool of deception? These are the questions that have been repeatedly asked since 1945. Sir Richard Evans, a renowned scholar of the Third Reich, attempts to provide answers in this important book.