1977 THE PSYCHOPATHIC GOD ADOLF HITLER Robert Waite Psychohistory Bio HCDJ

Description: THE PSYCHOPATHIC GOD ADOLF HITLER Written by Robert G. L. Waite and published by Basic Books, New York. Copyright 1977; there is no statement of printing. Basic Books was renowned in 1977 for producing intellectual books which appealed to both academic and trade markets. This copy has the feel of a book club edition although there is nothing that says that. The book includes a 12 page section of black and white photos and illustrations. From Wikipedia: Robert George Leeson Waite (February 18, 1919 – October 4, 1999) was a historian, psychohistorian, and the Brown Professor of History (1949–1988) at Williams College who specialized in the Nazi movement—particularly Adolf Hitler. His struggle with depression influenced his studies greatly, particularly when he began researching the psychohistorical profile of Adolf Hitler. He frequently told colleagues: “the career of Adolf Hitler raises questions that can be answered neither by psychology nor by history working alone.” Common-sense psychology would not prove adequate, he believed, in understanding Hitler’s pathological personality, and so Waite immersed himself in psychoanalytic theory and consulted with experts like Erik Erikson, Norbert Bromberg, Lawrence Climo (a staff psychiatrist at the Austen Riggs Center), and Peter Loewenberg, a historian and psychoanalyst. The numerous distinguished historians he consulted with included William L. Langer, James MacGregor Burns, and Hans Gatzke. As Waite had anticipated, his Hitler biography, published in 1977 as The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler, produced intense controversy. A criticism of the volume from an admiring professor who assigns the book regularly in his course on Hitler and the Holocaust is that because of the author’s awe of those with psychological credentials, he does not adequately distinguish the value of their work. The tension between moral judgment and empathic understanding is often present in Waite’s work, not only in The Psychopathic God, but also in his earlier work on the Freikorps and in his psychohistorical comparison of Hitler and Emperor Wilhelm II, Kaiser and Führer, which he wrote in retirement and was published in 1998. Indeed, for Waite that tension was especially acute, since as a scholar he confronted in Hitler and the Nazis what he, in The Psychopathic God, called “the heart of darkness.” From the dust jacket description: Recent biographies have begun to suggest that Hitler was no more than a particularly fascinating example of the many dictators who have plagued our century. In this major work, the result of more than a decade of research, historian Robert Waite demonstrates conclusively that the German Ffuhrer really was unique—history’s foremost example of the pathological personality in power. No one reading this chilling narrative will be able to deny that Hitler was at one and the same time an historic figure of major importance and a psychopathic personality of extraordinary complexity. DESCRIPTION: 556 pages 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches hardcover with dustjacket CONDITION: This hard-cover book is in very good condition with a good- dustjacket. The red cloth hardcover is very clean and shows light wear at the corners and spine ends. The interior is excellent with no names, marks, underlining, tears or odor. The paper is good showing only slight age toning. The hinges and binding are excellent with no loose or missing pages. The dustjacket is price-clipped—the lower corner of the front flap. It is worn and rubbed along the edges. It has tears in the corners and in the spine end areas. The back panel is torn and creased, but has been flattened out and repaired on the back with archival paper repair tissue. This dustjacket will come protected in a new Brodart mylar dustjacket protector. BECAUSE MEDIA RATE SHIPPING IS FREE ON THE BOOKS I SELL, COMBINE THIS WITH OTHER ITEMS FROM MY EBAY STORE. I AM AN EXPERIENCED EBAY SELLER (23+ YEARS) AND SHIPPER WITH 100% (always!--since 1997!) FEEDBACK RATING. ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY AND SECURELY PACKED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DANGER OF CRUSHING AND OR WATER/MOISTURE DAMAGE. ALL BOOKS ARE SHIPPED IN STURDY BOXES WITH TRACKING AND DELIVERY CONFIRMATION INCLUDED. I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE ALL OF THE BOOKS, AUTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES ON BOOKS I SELL.

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