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2001 - The Winner
The Third Reich: A New History -
Michael Burleigh
Michael Burleigh was tonight named as the winner of the
fiercely contested Samuel Johnson Prize, the UK’s most
valuable non-fiction award, for The Third Reich: A New History,
published by Macmillan.
Burleigh’s book is both a radical re-examination of
the Third Reich and a compelling history of Nazi Germany.
Andrew Marr, chair of the judges, made the announcement
at a dinner held at London’s One Great George Street. He
commented:
“In a very close race we felt in the end that here
was something both urgent and magisterial and a book that
as judges we wanted to read and recommend. It is a
work of authentic historical genius.”
Now in its third year, The Samuel Johnson Prize is the only
major prize to celebrate the full variety and originality
of non-fiction publishing today. Last year’s
winner was David Cairns’s landmark biography of Berlioz. The
first ever prize was awarded to Antony Beevor for his book,
Stalingrad which went on to become a number one international
bestseller.
The winning book was chosen from a shortlist of six, announced
last month. Each of the other shortlisted authors receives
a cheque for £2,500.
The Third Reich A New History by Michael Burleigh
Published by Macmillan, £25.00 This single volume
work is a radical re-examination of the Third Reich, which
sets the rise of Nazi Germany and its abandonment of liberal
democracy within a European context and recreates the complexities
of life under a totalitarian dictatorship.
Michael Burleigh is Distinguished Research Professor in
Modern History at Cardiff University. He is currently
William R. Kenan Visiting Professor at Washington & Lee
University in Lexington, Virginia. He is the author
of six books including The Racial State. Death
and Deliverance: Euthanasia in Nazi Germany and Ethics
and Extermination.
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