How Hitler Was Made: Germany and the Rise of the Perfect Nazi [Hardcover]

This disturbing tale has impact...Taylor makes good sense of a turbulent and confusing period in German history. ?Library JournalHow Hitler Was Made is striking narrative revealing how the manipulation of facts and the use of propaganda helped an obscure, embittered malcontent to gain political legitimacy, which led to dictatorial power over a nation...very highly recommended. Midwest Book ReviewHow Hitler Was Made unpacks in great detail the tensions between the political figures and the various movements that arose in the wake of Germanys devastating WWI loss. With lucid writing and thorough research, Cory Taylor takes apart the toxic stew of anti-Semitism, political opportunism, and devastating social circumstances, to show how it all led to the rise of the Nazis and Hitler. At times the book reads not just as history but as a warning manual to future generations.?Dov Hassan, BA, MFA, Chair of Theater Arts Dept. Chabot CollegeMasterful.... A?chilling account of the cataclysmic unfolding of one of historys most significant narratives: Hitlers rise to power....Taylor locates the making of Hitler in the trenches of [the first world] war and in its complicated aftermath, a time of economic collapse, civil unrest, political power struggles, widespread violence, and myriad ways blame for a failed war was levied. In a dramatic narrative that reads like a spy novel, Taylor focuses on the years from 1918 to 1924, exploring this critical period in German history and the ways it was shaped by many competing factions and personalities.... Hitler, as a leader, would emerge as a product of this larger context, both revered and feared.... Taylors well-researched account of that long road to creating such dangerous power is an important, if unsettling, addition to history of the twentieth century.?Jenny Thompson, PhD, Director of Education, Evanston History Center, and author of?War GamesA cinematic narrative of an obscure mans first steps toward becoming histlâ