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Author Fest, Joachim C., 1926-2006, author

Title The face of the Third Reich : portraits of the Nazi leadership / Joachim C. Fest ; translated from the German by Michael Bullock
Edition First Da Capo Press edition
Published New York : Da Capo Press, 1999

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Description xiii, 402 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Adolf Hitler's path from men's hostel to Reich chancellery -- Practitioners and technicians of totalitarian rule -- Functionaries of totalitarian rule -- The face of the Third Reich: Attempt at summing up
Summary In these profiles the author dissects the lives of fifteen infamous Nazis -- including Hermann Goring, Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Martin Bormann, Ernst Rohm, Hans Frank, Albert Speer, and Hitler himself. He also analyzes the archetypal roles of the officer corps, intellectuals, and women. This work provides fresh perspectives into how dysfunctional psyches, personal ambitions, and ruthless rivalries impacted the creation and evolution of Hitler's Third Reich
Notes A republication of the 1970 English-language ed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-391) and index
Subject Nazis -- Biography.
National socialism.
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biography.
Author Bullock, Michael, 1918-2008, translator
LC no. 98052305
ISBN 9780306809156 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
030680915X (paperback) (alkaline paper)
Other Titles Gesicht des Dritten Reiches. English