Wounded monster : Hitler's path from trauma to malevolence / Theo. L. Dorpat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorpat, Theodore L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Mental health.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Psychology.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Heads of state--Germany--Biography.

Heads of state.

Psychology.

Mental health.

Germany.

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 344 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Young Adolf, 1889-1907: Childhood and Family 1

Chapter 2 Klara and Adolf, 1889-1907: The Contribution of Hitler's Mother to His Personality Development 33

Chapter 3 Vienna, 1908-1913: Failure, Hardship and Misery 51

Chapter 4 Crucible of War, 1914-1918 73

Chapter 5 Breakdown, 1918-1920 89

Chapter 6 Malevolence and Grandiosity, 1919-1945 113

Chapter 7 Charisma and Seduction: Some Long-Term Effects of Hitler's Chronic Traumas on His Personality, 1920-1945 151

Chapter 8 Hitler's Relationships with Individuals and Groups, 1920-1939 191

Chapter 9 The World's First Superman: The Myth of Hitler as Infallible War Lord, 1939-1942 227

Chapter 10 The Ailing War Lord, 1942-1945 255

Chapter 11 Trauma and Psychic Development

An Explanation of Hitler's Lack of Virtue and His Emotional Maturity 293

Appendix A Walter Langer's Predictions about Hitler: An Informal Test of the Predictive Power of Psychoanalytic Methods 307

Appendix B DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for Hitler's Psychiatric Disorders 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-332) and index.

ISBN:

0761824162

OCLC:

50511140