Blitzed : drugs in Nazi Germany

ISBN: 9780241256992 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780141983165 (paperback)
Physical Description: print 360 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Publisher: London : Allen Lane, 2016.

Ohler, Norman (Author). Whiteside, Shaun. (Added Author).

Summary: "The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's [book] reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamine, 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, they change our understanding of it."--Book jacket.