Becoming Hitler : the making of a Nazi / Thomas Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Thomas, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Homes and haunts--Germany--Munich.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Psychology.

Nazis--Germany--Biography.

Nazis.

National socialism.

History.

Right-wing extremists.

Psychology.

Germany.

Germany--Munich.

Right-wing extremists--Germany--Biography.

Heads of state--Germany--Biography.

Heads of state.

National socialism--History.

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

Politics and government.

Homes.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2017.

Summary:

Examines Hitler's years in Munich after World War I and his radical transformation from a directionless loner into the leader of Munich's right-wing movement.

Contents:

Prelude

PART I: Genesis

Coup d̕ État (20 November 1918-February 1919)

A Cog in the Machine of Socialism (February to early April 1919)

Arrested (early April to early May 1919)

Turncoat (early May to mid to July 1919)

PART II: New Testaments

A New Home at Last (mid-July to September 1919)

Two Visions (October 1919 to March 1920)

A 2500 -Year

Old Tool (March-August 1920)

Genius (August to December 1920)

Hitler's Pivot to the East (December 1920 to July 1921)

PART III: Messiah

The Bavarian Mussolini (July 1921 to December 1922)

The German Girl from New York (Winter 1923 to summer 1923)

Hitler's First Book (summer 1923 to autumn 1923)

The Ludendorff Putsch (autumn 1923 to spring 1924)

Lebensraum (spring 1924 to1926)

Epilogue

Archival collections & private papers and interviews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-407) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Weber, Thomas, 1974- author. Becoming Hitler

ISBN:

9780465032686

0465032680

OCLC:

975485657