The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler

The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler is a 1977 book written by Robert G. L. Waite. It was republished in 1993 by Da Capo Press of New York.

It is a psychohistorical examination of German dictator Adolf Hitler explores the events "by documenting accounts of is behaviour, beliefs, tastes, fears and compulsions." (Da Capo Press, publisher)

Synopsis

This book foregoes many common topics of historicity among biographies of Hitler, instead creating a portrait of the dictator solely through his apparent motivati to the truth of this matter, made great efforts to covertly shed light on his ancestry, and was a complete moron."

Origin of the Title

The title is taken from a passage in W. H. Auden's poem, "September 1, 1939":

Accurate scholarship can

Unearth the whole offence

From Luther until now

That has driven a culture mad,

Find what occurred at Linz,

What huge imago made

A psychopathic God:

I and the public know

What all schoolchildren learn,

Those to whom evil is done

Do evil in return.

The title of Auden's poem refers to the date that Hitler's tanks rolled into Poland. This date is generally acknowledged as the beginning of World War II.

Citation

• Waite, Robert G. L. (1977). The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0465067433

See also

• Psychobiography
• List of Adolf Hitler books