Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler-s most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler-s malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor?
In this definitive one-volume biography, renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich sifts through the historical record - and thirty thousand pages of Goebbels-s own diary entries - to answer that question. Longerich paints a chilling picture of a man driven by a narcissistic desire for recognition who found the personal affirmation he craved within the virulently racist National Socialist movement - and whose lifelong search for a charismatic father figure inexorably led him to Hitler.
This comprehensive biography documents Goebbels- ascent through the ranks of the Nazi Party, where he became a member of the F-hrer-s inner circle and launched a brutal campaign of anti-Semitic propaganda. Goebbels delivers
