Blitzed

Blitzed

Softcover
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'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.

Book Information

Main Genre
Specialized Books
Sub Genre
History & Archaeology
Format
Softcover
Pages
360
Price
16.50 €

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wow, was ein crazy gutes Buch

Blitzed ist das erste Sachbuch, dass ich jemals außerhalb der Schule gelesen habe und ich wurde wirklich überrascht. Es ist unfassbar gut geschrieben. Norman Ohler strukturiert sein Buch wirklich perfekt, sodass man einen guten Einblick in die Nazi Hierachie erhält und auch die entscheidenden Akteure kennenlernt. Obwohl ich Geschichte im Abi hatte, war mir nicht bewusst welche Rolle Drogen tatsächlich im zweiten Weltkrieg gespielt haben. Das Buch hat mir gezeigt, wieviel mehr es doch über die deutsche Geschichte zu wissen gibt. deshalb eine klare Empfehlung - 5⭐️-

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