Compare Eichmann Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, is as shocking as it is informative—an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century.