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Goering

The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader

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Goering

By: Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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A penetrating biography of one of the most infamous members of the Nazi high command.

In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use firsthand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler's shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler's right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe, one of history's most feared fighting forces. As he rose in power, though, Goering became disillusioned and was eventually shunned from Hitler's inner circle. Alone at the end, he faced justice at the Nuremberg trials and was convicted of war crimes and crime against humanity. He committed suicide in prison before he could be hanged. In this book, Manvell and Fraenkel bring to life one of history's most complicated and hated characters.

©2011 Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. Originally published in the UK by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, copyright 2011 (P)2020 Tantor Europe Germany Military Military & War Politicians Politics & Activism World War II War Holocaust Prisoners of War Imperialism

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Good book. great story makes him seam almost like a normal human despite being a horrible human shows his weakness. Seems almost a bit in favour of sympathising with Goering like he was helpless to follow orders. but narrators voice and monotone delivery made it hard to fully get into a flow

Engaging

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If like myself your well into WW2 history, you wont be disappointed in this book. However there is nothing new in the telling of Goering's life. Nothing new in the historical documentary evidence. I think its almost recognised that everything has been well and truly dredged regarding this period of history, none the less, a good listen.

Great listening.... But nothing new.

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A good narrator is key and unfortunately, this narrator was so bad, I couldn’t get into the book. I persevered but zoned out so many times as his voice just didn’t captivate me or hold my attention. I think it would be best to get the book and read it.

Poor Narrator!

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Very easy read. Not filled with insignificant points just the important ones. A must read for those interested in The Third Reich

Well written

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This is an interesting book over what Goering did, but it provides very little context or analysis. It's only agenda is to paint Goering and other Nazis as monsters and pathetic, which I have no problem with, but I want context to understand why they could have thought those actions were justified. Otherwise it is just, they were bad, not how they got away with being bad for so long.

An example is where they describe Hitler as a messenger who got one strip and no further. While true, it does not mention that the runners had a high death rate, in an effort to make hitler on the surface appear as a shirker. It also negates to mention that he had made it known he did not want promotion. Mentioning those things has no relevance to what the book is talking about at the time. While I totally encourage showing Hitler to be shown as the monster he was, I want an accurate description, not a misleading version.

This kind of sensationalist comments makes me wonder what else has been left out, or what else is being portrayed out of context.

It is more like a "red top" newspaper article of events, rather than a critical historical book.

Informative but no analysis or context

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The narration makes it hard to listen to and concentrate on the book, but I got through it.

Interesting if inaccurate

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and interesting book to listen to, it was also informative in parts. I highly recommend this book. The narrator was extremely good.

A compelling....

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Try to say the name Goering in the most American way you can think of, then multiply that by ten.
If there’s a name with “Von” in it, he’ll give it a totally weird “German “ sounding noise.
Once again a good story ruined by a useless narrator.

American Narrator

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How could such monotonous narration be allowed for such a fascinating book? It effectively renders the audio version pointless

FASCINATING BOOK, APPALLING NARRATION

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