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- Amazon - Hitler's Table Talk 1941-1944: Secret Conversations
- Some of the reviews have very interesting takeaways from the book.
I had to do a few hours of research into what biography of Hitler I should read. The conclusion I came to is that John Toland's biography was probably the best bet. While I haven't finished it yet, I can say that so far it has been very, very insightful.
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1987 - The Mask of Command by John Keegan
Main ideas from the chapter on Hitler:
- He didn't defer to the judgment of talented subordinates like Churchill / Roosevelt. Halder repeatedly brought up potential problems with the Russian campaign and was labeled as a defeatist and ended up in a concentration camp.
- His ruling-from-afar (bunkers hundreds of miles from the front) may have hurt his ability to make good tactical decisions. He thought that with the advent of the radio he had as good a picture of the fight as the generals who were there, but there were intangibles that you get from actually being there that he wasn't incorporating into his decisions. Other great generals of the time (Rommel, Montgomery) were purposely trying to get as close to the front as they safely could.
Summary of the chapter on Hitler:
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