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Book SynopsisFew authors who have written about Hitler have understood the deeply damaging effects of psychic trauma on his private life and the way he functioned in the public sphere. Nearly all major biographers have neglected the importance of Hitler's childhood trauma and his later combat trauma during World War I.
Trade Review'Wounded Monster' is a great education in trauma, shame, and the mystery of evil. It is well and clearly written, and I heartily recommend it. -- Ladson Hinton * Correlations *
...the most up-to-date and most comprehensive psychobiography of Hitler available today. -- Jon Frederickson, MSW, Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program * Spsi Developments *
Must Read!> * Today's Books *
...Dorpat has written a comprehensive and impeccably documented book on Hitler's psychology...This is an excellent book well worth reading... -- Richard R. Raubolt, Aquinas College * Journal Of Trauma Practice *
'Wounded Monster' is a great education in trauma, shame, and the mystery of evil. It is well and clearly written, and I heartily recommend it. -- Ladson Hinton * Correlations *
...the most up-to-date and most comprehensive psychobiography of Hitler available today. -- Jon Frederickson, MSW, Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program * Spsi Developments *
Must Read! * Today's Books *
...Dorpat has written a comprehensive and impeccably documented book on Hitler's psychology...This is an excellent book well worth reading... -- Richard R. Raubolt, Aquinas College * Journal Of Trauma Practice *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction and Overview Chapter 3 Young Adolf, 1889-1907: Childhood and Family Chapter 4 Klara and Adolf, 1889-1907: The Contribution of Hitler's Mother to His Personality Development Chapter 5 Vienna, 1908-1913: Failure, Hardship and Misery Chapter 6 Crucible of War, 1914-1918 Chapter 7 Breakdown, 1918-1920 Chapter 8 Malevolence and Grandiosity, 1919-1945 Chapter 9 Charisma and Seduction: Some Long-Term Effects of Hitler's Chronic Traumas on His Personality, 1920-1945 Chapter 10 Hitler's Relationships with Individuals and Groups, 1920-1939 Chapter 11 The World's First Superman: The Myth of Hitler as Infallible War Lord, 1939-1942 Chapter 12 The Ailing War Lord, 1942-1945 Chapter 13 Trauma and Psychic Development- An Explanation of Hitler's Lack of Virtue and His Emotional Maturity Chapter 14 Appendix A: Walter Langer's Predictions about Hitler: An Informal Test of the Predictive Power of Psychoanalytic Methods Chapter 15 Appendix B: DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Hitler's Psychiatric Disorders Chapter 16 References Chapter 17 Index
