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Average rating4.5
Though this must be THE ultimate biography about the all-powerful armaments German family, sometimes the writer loses himself in a tangential narrative -picking up events to better contestualize certain moments and decisions, but giving them way too much room, to the point that from time to time I can't tell what's the book really about.
This said, it IS a powerful, compelling read; and when it comes to speak about the role of the Krupp family in the Nazi Germany before and during the war, the author surely doesn't mince words!
And, as a bitter end, one must admire that Krupps' resilience and shrewdness, which brought them from bitter defeat to become leaders in the postwar European industrial push.