He was vain, pompous, and often ridiculed — yet he stood at the center of Hitler’s foreign policy.
In Ribbentrop: A Biography, Michael Bloch uncovers the life of Joachim von Ribbentrop, the wine salesman turned Nazi diplomat who helped shape the alliances and betrayals of the Second World War. From his disastrous ambassadorship in London to his role in the infamous Nazi–Soviet pact, Ribbentrop emerges as both a buffoon and a dangerous enabler of Hitler’s ambitions.