Incoherent, obsessive and violent, Hitler's ideas nonetheless found an audience of millions and led to one of the most horrific and devastating conflicts of the 20th century. Taking two of Hitler's texts as his starting point, Neil Gregor discusses 'this second-rate mind of great power' and helps the reader to understand the nature and popular reception of Hitler's crude but hugely influential writings.
Author Biography
NEIL GREGOR is the Reader in Modern German History at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich and Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past, both of which were awarded the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History, and editor of Nazism: A Reader.