The psychology of dictatorship
Subtitle: based on an examination of the leaders of Nazi Germany.
Publisher: Ronald Press Co.
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Dictators; National socialism; Germany -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 319-321.
Table of contents: title: The emergent pattern of dictatorship : a psychocultural view.  The authoritarian cultural lag -- Scope of the study -- Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement. Early life history -- Viennese period -- World War I -- First political activities -- From Mein Kampf to dictatorship -- The revolutionists. Hermann Goering, dictator number two -- Rudolf Hess, the führer’s deputy -- Hans Frank, devil’s advocate -- The diplomats. Ex-Chancellor Von Papen -- Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop -- The militarists. Field Marshal Keitel, Chief of Staff -- The state police. SS-Colonel Hoess of Auschwitz -- Clinical and psychodynamic aspects. Authoritarian regressiveness -- Cultural pseudopathology -- Defense mechanisms in value-conflict. Psychopathic personalities -- Some social relationships. Persistence of prejudices and stereotypes -- Leadership and social interaction -- Leadership in history -- Dictatorship and adaptive social behavior. The authoritarian value-system -- Dictatorship and the mechanization of aggression.