Thank you, NetGalley for a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion!

There are so many books about Hitler that it is hard to find a really unique one that doesn't tell you anything that other books haven't told you already. This was an ok book. It wasn't my favorite book about Hitler, but I loved reading about the events that unfolded in the late 1930s/early 1940s from a different angle.

This book was a fascinating look into how easily Hitler came to power and the dramatic shift from the Weimer Republic to the Third Reich within months.  It is a timely book as those who read can't help but see elements repeating today in our 2020 world.

Have you ever read a book and thought it was way too close to reality?!
I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but this is today, this is not Germany, this is the USA and we're being led right off the cliff by those who refuse to stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
But I digress because economic depression, riots, chaos in government/lack of transparency, propaganda being fed from all social media outlets, bots/trolls online, and so much more is what creates this storm.
Throw in gaslighting, manipulation, threats/intimidation/rule by force, blackmail for silence, smear campaigns for inaccuracy, fear, anger, hatred against one's own human race, bigotry, racism, sexism, white nationalism, and more and you have a recipe for disaster.
Dividing the country rather than uniting a fellow man is what we now possess and it's no different from what we had in the thirties.
Sew doubt, claim falsities, persecute particular races, rid democracy, forget the Constitution, use your own military against your own people, replace leadership with dictatorship/authoritarianism and you'll get the same history to repeat.
Limit books, limit truths, limit fact checkers and you'll have chants in streets like Germany's "Heil Hitler" rather than Good Morning!
"The press mediated and manipulated signals."
"National Socialists themselves worked hard to edit the representation of collective desire in the media. In rallies and marches, they stage-crafted events so that citizens could experience the awakening of the nation." --Sounds similar to MAGA --are we winning?
"The Nazi's reframed disappointments so that blemishes did not disrupt ideas." Signs of the national mood were manipulated, but the self-deceit occurred at all levels." 
We see this play out daily with certain media outlets framing the narrative. 
"How was it possible for the new to drive out the old so quickly?"
"People punched, and shoved each other." "Shuttered factories" and "empty new developments led to tours."
"We have power and we're going to keep it." "I'm never leaving here."
I'll remind readers,"Hitler planned to lead the national unity government to an electoral victory making the new Nazi majority powerful enough to revise the constitution and put emergency powers in his own hands. The "legal" path would lead to a "total" authoritarian solution that would allow the Nazis to dismantle the power of the presidency and consolidate the party's power, all without any constraint on arbitrary rule or revolutionary ambition."
Inclusion and exclusion was backed with the Nazi's relying upon two things: consent and coercion to strengthen the Third Reich.
"With so much time on their hands, people without jobs lost interest in almost everything. Once they had gone 'stamping,' the unemployed had nothing to do, and so they walked. They were easily identifiable and picked out by the police as public nuisances."
So how did this nightmare all end- "Der Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany, burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, then shoots himself with a pistol,on April 30, 1945, as his "1,000-year" Reich collapses above him."
Now folks, I divorced a malignant narcissist and I now council others- and I know the end result of this mental madness, toxicity, and DSM Manual trait.
Please don't believe actions but words and pay close attention to your gut instincts.
Know that this is not nor ever will be the new norm and that love conquers hate.
We must stay united against the evil that's currently occupied our highest office of the land.
Please vote!

A great vivid account of the conditions that lead to the rise of Hitler and the events that transpired during his first 100 days.

Let the lessons in this book serve as a warning on how to avoid the same thing from happening again.

I have read several books on World War II. Several of those were focused on atrocities committed in Auschwitz, Sobibor and Similar camps. There are stories about cruelties & war crimes, stories about survival and human spirit and stories about love in such times however I was always curious about how such situation arose. How, one person became so powerful to carry out one of the largest organised genocide in the history of mankind. 

This was the first book I read which gives a careful account of how the nation came together and put one person in charge believing that he is the answer to all their problems. His "all or nothing" approach and heated speeches found favour with masses. This, combined with political assassinations and elimination of conflicting ideologies gradually installed a system of terror and state activism which affected life of millions.

The book gives detailed information of history but does not become boring. It keeps the interest alive and moves like a thrilling political drama.

Hitler’s Hundred Days is more like a study of how Hitler consolidated his power over the German state rather than the hundred days of Franklin Roosevelt of expansive government programs. But in both cases, it was a radical reconstruction of the state just differing in the means. 

The author spends a great deal of time covering the history of the conditions in Germany throughout the 1920’s and 30’s that made Hitler and the Nazi’s possible, which while informative takes far too long in the grand scheme of the book. The book takes an upswing however when we get into the transformation of German society once Hitler and the Nazi’s took over. The transformation is stunning even to readers like me who are well versed in the actions of Hitler and the Nazi party. 

Also out of place for me was the impact of Nazism on other countries because it doesn’t really work within the hundred days concept. Would’ve been great in a book on the global impact of Nazism, but in a book on Hitler’s hundred days, it just felt like filler. For me, the author gets high marks for placing the Nazi’s in the historical context of Germany in the twenties and thirties and the rapid change in Germany under Nazism, but loses a little something when the context shifts from Germany.

There are countless books that address Hitler's meteoric rise to power. But what makes this book different from the rest is that it does not just tell the reader about events, it recreates the sounds, spectacles, and even smells that Germans experienced during those early days of conversion and coercion to the Nazi cause. In short, it allows the reader to feel immersed in the times, almost as if he or she was there experiencing events first hand. It is this immersion that helps the reader understand the complex processes that shaped everyday Germans response to the Third Reich. This on-the-streets experience is reconstructed by the author through extensive use of primary accounts of those days as well as through incorporating novelistic and cinematic treatments of the Nazi rise to power that were released as events unfolded. This is a must-read for anyone interested in how a democratic nation can become susceptible to authoritarian ideology, xenophobia, and a murderous agenda even as the people of that nation search for unity, peace, and an escape from polarized politics..

Thank you Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

3.5/5

This was a very interesting read because it covers a few areas. It starts with how the Nazis further alienated the Communists, pitting themselves in a war against them when possible. That was interesting since I've never read a book about Nazi and Communist relations. What I knew was that they didn't get along and, in later years, Communists were sent to concentration camps. Next, the book talked about the beginning of discrimination against the Jews, which is something that most of us are familiar with.

Finally, it covered a topic that I wasn't expecting: How much the German people really adopted Hitler's beliefs. Was it all just a cover or did they really believe him? That was super interesting because it's a valid question. How much did people really change their thoughts to fit his regime or was it a show to keep yourself safe?

Overall, a very interesting book that covered a few different areas and didn't try to cover every little thing that happened in Hitler's first hundred days.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. This was not the book I was hoping it would be. While I was expecting a look into the inner workings of Hitler and his early rise to power what I got was the impact the National Socialists (Nazis) had on the cultural and daily lives of Germans. Good to understand stuff certainly, but not of interest to me for a whole book.

A good book if you want to knw about hiters chancellor year . It's good to know information in detailed manner and you will get hicked n this .

This book's focus on Hitler's first 10 days was interesting because of its in-depth coverage of those days.  Of course, the whole time you know what comes later, so there is a menacing feel since we know more now, of course, than people at that time knew about him.

Thanks for the ARC Net Galley

I enjoyed the speed and details of the events of Hitler's first 100 days.  Great and detailed research throughout the narrative that helps explain why people like this keep coming to power; because YOU ARE NOT READING!!!!  I enjoyed it.

Many books deal with the subject of Hitler's rise to power, but this one goes into far more detail than most. The author has done an exemplary job of researching this material and has come up with a very readable, personal account of how Hitler went from a no-one to a someone in the span of a few years. 

Rather than rehashing the same often-told stories of how Hitler took over Germany and eventually other territories, this book narrows in on his first hundred days in power and how those decisions and responses would later change the outcome of the future. 

This book is well-organised and invaluable for anyone doing research on Germany's involvement in WWII. I learned a lot from reading this book, especially about the little known events happening in the background of the larger, more popular stories. I thought the author did a good job of staying impartial and reporting facts. 

Definitely a book to read if you want to know more about Hitler's first period as chancellor. Interesting, compelling and informational. 

This review is based on a complimentary copy from the publisher, all opinions are my own.