Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany
by
Norman Ohler
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0141983167
ISBN-13
9780141983165
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 4th, 2017
Print length
368 Pages
Weight
270 grams
Dimensions
13.00 x 19.70 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Germany20th century, c 1900 to c 19991933–1945 (National Socialist period)c 1940 to c 1949c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period)European historySocial & cultural historySecond World WarDrugs and alcohol: social aspectsDrug & substance abuse: social aspectsEuropean historySocial and cultural historySecond World War
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''The most brilliant and fascinating book I have read in my entire life'' Dan Snow
''A huge contribution... remarkable'' Antony Beevor, BBC RADIO 4
''Extremely interesting ... a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched'' Ian Kershaw
The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler''s gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops'' resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940.
The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
''The most brilliant and fascinating book I have read in my entire life'' Dan Snow
''A huge contribution... remarkable'' Antony Beevor, BBC RADIO 4
''Extremely interesting ... a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched'' Ian Kershaw
The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler''s gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops'' resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940.
The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
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