ABSTRACT
The "Hitler Myth": Image and Reality in the Third Reich was first published, both in English and in German, the response was generally highly favorable. Given the generally positive tone of the book's reception, both in German and in English, Kershaw seems to have felt little need to engage directly with his critics in the public sphere. When Kershaw did publish popular treatments of the subject, these tended simply to summarize his findings, rather than providing a forum for self-defense. One might contrast this with other scholars, such as Timothy Snyder, who works in similar areas of twentieth-century European history, but has often used media appearances to defend his work against criticism. Nevertheless, Kershaw did take account of his critics-both potential and actual-during his substantial revision of the original German edition of Der Hitler-Mythos, which had been published in 1980, for publication in English.
