Peter Longerich

Goebbels: a Biography (; 21 Hours) Peter Longerich

Publisher Marketing: As a young man, Joseph Goebbels was a budding narcissist with a constant need of approval. Through political involvement, he found personal affirmation within the German National Socialist Party. In this comprehensive volume, Peter Longerich documents Goebbels descent into anti-Semitism and ideology and ascent through the ranks of the Nazi party, where he became an integral member Hitler s inner circle and where he shaped a brutal campaign of Nazi propaganda. In life and in his grisly family suicide, Goebbels was one of Hitler s most loyal acolytes. Though powerful in the party and in wartime Germany, Longerich s Goebbels is a man dogged by insecurities and consumed by his fierce adherence to the Nazi cause. Longerich engages and challenges the careful self portrait that Goebbels left behind in his diaries, and, as he delves deep into the mind of Hitler s master propagandist, Longerich discovers first hand how the Nazi message was conceived. This complete portrait of the man behind the message is sure to become a standard for historians and students of the holocaust for years to come." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2014 pg. 57 (EAN 9781400067510, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015 (EAN 9781400067510, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 03/02/2015 (EAN 9781400067510, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/15/2015 pg. 113 (EAN 9781400067510, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Longerich, Peter PETER LONGERICH is Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London, and founder of Royal Holloway's Holocaust Research Centre. He has published extensively on Nazi Germany, including the acclaimed "Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and the Persecution of the Jews", "The Unwritten Order: Hitler's Role in the Final Solution", and "The Systematic Character of the National Socialist Policy for the Extermination of the Jews"Contributor Bio:  Noakes, Jeremy Noakes is professor of history at the University of ExeterContributor Bio:  Prebble, Simon Simon Prebble has worked extensively on British and American television as both actor and narrator.