The Man Who Invented Hitler
Author(s): David Lewis
The incredible story of the man who transformed Hitler from an insignificant no-hoper into the world's most devastating tyrant. Throughout the First World War, Hitler never rose above the rank of lance corporal, and beforehand had been an impoverished drifter. Yet within a few months of the end of the war, he had embarked on the path that was to lead Europe into years of war, terror and the Holocaust. What changed him? In this remarkable new book, David Lewis pinpoints the key events in this transformation. He proves how Hitler emerged from the war with hysterical blindness, not blindness from mustard-gas poisoning as previously believed. He was treated by the controversial psychiatrist Edmund Forster, whose methods included telling patients how only the strength of their will and personality could bring them to recovery. Once Hitler found that by sheer will he could cure his own blindness, the next step was obvious to him...
General Information
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- : Headline Publishing Group
- : Headline Book Publishing
- : 0.288
- : 04 October 2004
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : David Lewis
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 943.086092
- : 384
- : 8pp b/w photos
More About The Product
'A stimulating addition to the debate about Hitler's mental state' -- John Crossland, Sunday Times 20031123 'A fascinating new book' -- A.N.Wilson, Evening Standard 20031027
David Lewis holds a doctorate from the University of Sussex, where he lectures in clinical psychology, specialising in stress and hysterical diseases. He is a writer and award-winning broadcaster, as well as a being a regular contributor to History Today. It was while researching an article for the magazine on psychiatry between the wars that he developed his interest in Forster. He lives in Sussex.
