The Nuremberg mind : the psychology of the Nazi leaders

"Why did war criminals like Goering, Hess, Kaltenbrunner, Keitel, and Rosenberg do what they did? Under Hitler how were men such as these able to get themselves into control of a great and civilized nation? Was it simply a case, as Hannah Arendt has argued, of the banality of evil - in a certain psychological climate, everybody does it? Or, as Stanley Milgram has argued, was it simply a matter of obedience to authority?"--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-302). xiv, 302 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.