Goebbels and 'Total War' - The Sports Palace Speech of 1943

On 18 February 1943 Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling, and at the same time most effective, rhetorical performances of the twentieth century. In this book, Peter Longerich explores the prehistory of Goebbels's speech, the text itself, and the aftermath.