The 'Hitler Myth'

The 'Hitler Myth' by Ian Kershaw

Few twentieth-century political leaders enjoyed greated popularity among their own people than Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s. This remarkable study of the myth that sustained one of the most notorious dictators, and delves into Hitler's extraordinarily powerful hold over the German people. In this 'major contribution to the study of the Third Reich' (Times Literary Supplement), Ian Kershaw argues that it lay not so much in Hitler's personality or his bizarre Nazi ideology, as in the social and political values of the people themselves. In charting the creation, rise, and fall of the `Hitler Myth', he demonstrates the importance of the manufactured 'Führer cult' to the attainment of Nazi political ends, and how the Nazis used the new techniques of propaganda to exploit and build on the beliefs, phobias, and prejudices of the day.

Review from previous edition a book which should be read by everyone interested in the history of 20th-century Europe.. perhaps the most revealing study available of popular opinion in Nazi Germany * Times Higher Education Supplement *

Ian Kershaw is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield. His publications include Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich: Bavaria 1933-45 (OUP, 1983); (ed.), Weimar: Why did German Democracy Fail? (Weidenfeld, 1990); Hitler: A Profile in Power (Longman, 1991); The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation (Edward Arnold, 3rd edn, 1993); (ed., with Moshe Lewin), Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison (Cambridge U. P., 1997); Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris (Penguin, 1998). His focus includes numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era. His research interests extend to include numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era.

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ISBN 13	9780192802064
ISBN 10	0192802062
Title	The 'Hitler Myth'
Author	Ian Kershaw
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2001-09-27
Number of pages	320
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