Dr. Goebbels (e-book) (used book) | Roger Manvell | bookbook.eu

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Joseph Goebbels was possibly the most dangerous & intelligent member of the Nazi hierarchy, not excluding Hitler himself. Without Goebbels' flair for propaganda & spectacular organization the Fuehrer might never have come to power. If Hitler was the Nazi genius of destructive evil, Goebbels was its constructive genius. It was thru his practical & intuitive understanding of the instruments of "public enlightenment" that the dictatorship was built & maintained. As the founder of the Reich Chamber of Culture, the Gauleiter of Berlin & the architect of the complex machinery of modern totalitarian propaganda, Goebbels can be considered one of the most significantly evil & portentous figures of the 20th century. A remarkable picture emerges of Goebbels' mind as a schoolboy, student, lover, unsuccessful author & apprentice in political agitation. Interviews with his friends & family shed light on his character as a young man. This book charts the full trajectory of his career, showing him at the apex of his power, a master of oratory, a brilliant & cynical showman & a ruthless administrator. Dr Goebbels also portrays the man at the end, in the Berlin Bunker, the most devoted of the Fuehrer's henchmen, committing the last gesture of propaganda of which he was capable: the sacrifice of his life & those of his wife & six children.