| The Meaning of Hitler Revised Edition Contributor(s): Haffner, Sebastian (Author), Osers, Ewald (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674557751 ISBN-13: 9780674557758 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $31.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1983 Annotation: This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler-who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail. Beginning with Hitler's early life, Haffner probes the historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his character. In examining the inhumanity of a man for whom politics became a substitute for life, he discusses Hitler's bizarre relationships with women, his arrested psychological development, his ideological misconceptions, his growing obsession with racial extermination, and the murderous rages of his distorted mind. Finally, Haffner confronts the most disturbing question of all: Could another Hitler rise to power in modern German? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History - Political Science |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 82021346 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.12" W x 8.68" (0.48 lbs) 176 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This is a remarkable historical and psychological examination of the enigma of Adolf Hitler--who he was, how he wielded power, and why he was destined to fail. Beginning with Hitler's early life, Sebastian Haffner probes the historical, political, and emotional forces that molded his character. In examining the inhumanity of a man for whom politics became a substitute for life, he discusses Hitler's bizarre relationships with women, his arrested psychological development, his ideological misconceptions, his growing obsession with racial extermination, and the murderous rages of his distorted mind. Finally, Haffner confronts the most disturbing question of all: Could another Hitler rise to power in modern Germany? |
Contributor Bio(s): Osers, Ewald: - Ewald Osers is the distinguished translator of numerous works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from German and Czech, including the correspondence of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. |