Hitler's tyranny is still difficult to understand today. In this book Ralf Georg Reuth
examines ten aspects of this catastrophe. Among other things he asks: Was anti-Semitism more
pronounced in Germany than elsewhere? Was Versailles responsible for Hitler's rise and why did
the Germans follow a racial fanatic like him? The disturbing answers provide an overall picture
that shows how Hitler was not just the consequence of German history but the result of chance
deception and seduction.Eschewing a conventional chronological approach in favour of a
forensic analysis of Adolf Hitler's mainsprings of action both as chancellor and military
commander Reuth shifts the focus to the mindset and modus operandi of Hitler himself. The
portrait that emerges is one of a murderous fantasist and political opportunist driven by an
all-embracing ideology of racial superiority. Reuth's account courts controversy on a few
points but offers a fascinating counterpoint to much recent scholarship.
