Blitzed : drugs in Nazi Germany / Norman Ohler.
Blitzed : drugs in Nazi Germany / Norman Ohler.
By
:
Ohler, Norman.
Publication Date
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2016
Publication Information
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[London] : Allen Lane,
Physical Description
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360 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Nazis -- Drug use.
Soldiers -- Drug use -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Drug abuse.
Substance abuse -- History.
National socialism.
Geographic Term
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
:
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.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780241256992
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 362.293 OH4 | Checked In |