Hitler: Study of a Revolutionary? (Routledge Sources in History) - Hardcover

Housden, Martyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138177040 ISBN 13: 9781138177048

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Adolf Hitler is perceived to be the most evil political leader of twentieth century Europe. Hitler draws on his background and involvement in the rise of National Socialism, the government of the Third Reich, leadership of the Second World War in Germany and his psychology to discuss Hitler's credentials as a revolutionary.
This volume includes examination of:
* the general characteristics of revolutions and revolutionaries
* Hitler as Agitator, Dictator, Deceiver and Warlord
* Hitler's architectural and artistic ambitions
* Hitler's mind and personality.
Hitler investigates what it was that motivated this national leader to achieve such monstrosities which still cast a shadow over Europe today.

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About the Author

Martyn Housden is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary European History at the University of Bradford. He is author of Helmut Nicolai and Nazi Ideology (Macmillan, 1992) and Resistance and Conformity in the Third Reich (Routledge, 1997).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138177040
• ISBN 13: 9781138177048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236