The Meaning of Hitler

by Sebastian Haffner, Ewald Osers

Overview

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?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674557758
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	03/15/1983
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Life

Achievements

Successes

Misconceptions

Mistakes

Crimes

Betrayal

Editorial Reviews

Sebastian Haffner’s book already has received recognition…as perhaps the best that has dealt with the phenomenon of Hitler and his impact on the 20th century. It is better than Trevor-Roper’s best-seller, The Last Days of Hitler…a most penetrating analysis of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career.

The New Republic