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Book SynopsisFuelled by hate. Unable to form normal human relationships. Unwilling to debate political issues.
In many ways Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet he inspired millions, leading Germany into the cataclysmic events of the Second World War.
But how was Hitler able to exert such power over those around him?
Award-winning historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees draws on twenty years of research into the Third Reich, as well as contemporary accounts of people who knew Hitler, to examine the nature of Hitler''s appeal and reveal the role his unique ''charisma'' played in his success.
''Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions''
Daily Telegraph
Trade ReviewOffering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions
* Daily Telegraph *
Laurence Rees asks, as always, the right questions, and provides excellent answers. Blending the oral testimony of contemporaries with documentary evidence, he offers
sharp insight into the adulation of Hitler by millions of Germans that underpinned his 'charismatic rule' -- Professor Sir Ian Kershaw
Laurence Rees has done more for good history on television in this country than anyone else. Over several series, he has examined the most terrible aspects of the Second World War with a passionate longing to understand, while rejecting facile moral judgment -- Sir Antony Beevor
Laurence Rees is currently producing the best documentaries ever made about the Nazi era -- Clive James
