Hitler, Adolf
Additional Reading > Special topics
Other topics are dealt with in Harold J. Gordon, Jr., Hitler and the Beer Hall Putsch (1972); Ernst Hanfstaengl, Unheard Witness (1957; also published as Hitler: The Missing Years, 1957, reissued, 1994), covering the years 1922–34; Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich (1970, reissued 1997; originally published in German, 1969); Ian Kershaw, The “Hitler Myth”: Image and Reality in the Third Reich (1987, reissued 1989; originally published in German, 1980), discussing Hitler's image as portrayed through German propaganda; and Richard F. Hamilton, Who Voted for Hitler? (1982); and Thomas Childers, The Nazi Voter (1983), analyzing his political support. Gerald Fleming, Hitler and the Final Solution (1984, reissued 1994 with new documentation; originally published in German, 1982), reviews Hitler's connection with the mass exterminations. Two important recent contributions are Brigitte Hamann, Hitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeship (1999; originally published in German, 1996); and Fritz Redlich, Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet (1999), a medical and psychological history.Alan Bullock, Baron Bullock
Wilfrid F. Knapp
John Lukacs
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Contents of this article:
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·Introduction
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·Early life
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·Rise to power
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·Hitler's life and habits
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·Dictator, 1933–39
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·World War II
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·Hitler's place in history
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·Additional Reading
