Joseph Goebbels : life and death / Toby Thacker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thacker, Toby, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945.

Goebbels, Joseph.

Nazis--Biography.

Nazis.

Propaganda, German--History--20th century.

Propaganda, German.

History.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Germany.

Politics and government.

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

Germany. Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 407 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

"This book is an insightful new biography of Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister of the Third Reich and one of the most important and troubling figures of the twentieth century. The first account to use all of Goebbels' surviving diaries, it sheds new light on his personality, private life and political convictions, as well as his relationship with Hitler"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"This awful waiting"

"Starting to find firm ground"

"The coming dictator"

"You are the nobility of the Third Reich"

"We will all three be good to one another"

"These masses are what matter"

"We are not suited to be executioners"

An "indissoluble community of destiny"

"This people's war must be carried through"

"A life and death struggle"

"We have done the right thing"

"How distant and alien this beautiful world appears."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-391) and index.

ISBN:

9780230228894

0230228895

OCLC:

461895813