{"product_id":"goebbels","title":"Peter Longerich: Goebbels [2015] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler's most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler's malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this definitive one-volume biography, renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich sifts through the historical record - and thirty thousand pages of Goebbels's own diary entries - to answer that question. Longerich paints a chilling picture of a man driven by a narcissistic desire for recognition who found the personal affirmation he craved within the virulently racist National Socialist movement - and whose lifelong search for a charismatic father figure inexorably led him to Hitler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This comprehensive biography documents Goebbels' ascent through the ranks of the Nazi Party, where he became a member of the Fuhrer's inner circle and launched a brutal campaign of anti-Semitic propaganda. \u003ci\u003eGoebbels \u003c\/i\u003edelivers fresh and important insight into how the Nazi message of hate was conceived, nurtured, and disseminated, and shreds the myth of Goebbels' own genius for propaganda. It also reveals a man dogged by insecurities and - though endowed with near-dictatorial control of the media - beset by bureaucratic infighting. And, as never before, Longerich exposes Goebbels's twisted personal life - his mawkish sentimentality, manipulative nature, and voracious sexual appetite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This complete portrait of the man behind Hitler's message is sure to become a standard for historians and students of the Holocaust for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Longerich, Peter","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46510653866323,"sku":"9781847920317","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/longerich-peter-goebbels-9781847920317-49039711797587.jpg?v=1681326694","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/goebbels","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}