In The Garden Of The Beast

As erik larson s in the garden of beasts in my opinion is one of larson s better works about history.

In the garden of the beast. In the garden of beasts. Dodd who in 1933 became america s first ambassador to hitler s regime and his scandalously carefree daughter martha. Set in berlin in 1933 1934 the book tells the story of america s first ambassador to nazi germany william e.

Amazon best books of the month may 2011. A chilling and riveting story in the garden of beasts shows how an entire nation of otherwise reasonable people can be seduced by an hindsight is twenty twenty but this book does a good job recapturing a time when everyone was desperate to believe that the nazis actually wanted peace. It recounts the early years of germany s nazi regime from the perspective of the american ambassador william dodd and his family.

The terrible conclusion that we reach in reading in the garden of beasts is that given vigilance given honesty and integrity and sound judgment on the part of many both within and outside germany during those early years hitler could and should have been halted in his tracks. In the garden of beasts love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin by erik larson is a non fiction book published in 2011.

Dodd and his daughter martha as they experience the rising terror of hitler s rule. Directed by joe wright. The result is a dazzling addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by hitler until berlin and europe.

A mild mannered chicago professor becomes america s first ambassador to hitler s germany just before the nazis began to assert an iron grip across europe. In the garden of beasts. Without vigilance we surrender out integrity slowly by degrees.

Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre göring and the expectedly charming yet wholly sinister goebbels in the garden of beasts lends a stunning eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. Set in 1933 berlin it shares the story of america s first ambassador to hitler s nazi germany during a time in history that proved to be a turning point of events that still echo into today. Ambassador dodd an unassuming and scholarly man is an odd fit among the extravagance of the nazi elite.