Hitler : Genius Or Madman?

Adolf Hitler was not a fabricated beast from a horror movie, like many seem to think. Hitler was, in fact, a man of unjust accusations, and an evil power hungry tyrant. The fact remains that he was indeed, a human. That’s the alarming part of it. It wasn’t Satan himself that endured hardships, failed the trials of life, became a power driven leader that kept Germany first, and eventually caused the deaths of 11 million people. Hitler killed 11 million people with lives, families, and the possibility of a future that was taken away from them. He was only a man, so how could he have been capable of being so heartless and power hungry? He did not invent hating Jews, but rather added upon the ideas of his hometown. Studies show that it could have

There have been countless atrocities committed throughout history. Most of these atrocities are justified and developed from ideas and false realities. The most infamous atrocity of all history, the holocaust is no exception. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany from 1933 until his suicide at the end of WWII, was directly responsible for the deaths of over 12 million people. Alan Bullock in his book Hitler a Study in Tyranny dispels any notion that any of Hitler’s ideas were original. Bullock proposes that Hitler and his rise to power was a product of other political ideas and a knack for exploiting the timing of events to extend his influence. According to Bullock Hitler’s coming to power was the product the political ideals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries which he was exposed to, the world post-WWI, and a knack for exposition events to his favor. He used his gifts of using propaganda and his organizational skills to use politics as a means to achieving power.

Adolf Hitler once said, “Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, and assassination. This is the war of the future.”(Adolf Hitler Quote). Guided by these words, Hitler continued to annihilate the Jews and anyone that opposed to him or his government. As a child, he was influenced by many and belittled by many more. Hitler’s desire for prestige and dominance turned him into the most powerful and nefarious man in German history.

​War takes a toll on those who fight, or are affected by it, this is undeniable. Over the course of the 20th Century, within the U.S. Military and Psychiatric Community the way that this effect is identified and treated has changed many times based on the conflict and the mindset of the American public. The purpose of this report is to discuss the history of the mental effect of the trauma created by US involvement in wars within the 20th Century and the steps that were taken in those eras to predict, prepare and treat for those effects.

To fully answer this question one must look at the underlying philosophies behind Hitler’s leadership. What did he stand for and did his ideologies have any redeeming characteristics? Indisputably he had an ability to lead and motivate. He was revered with almost God – like fanaticisms by his people. This essay will set out to establish the basis of his leadership and within that framework, the nature of the man and his vision for the world.

Adolf Hitler is described by many as a mass murderer and a manipulating dictator, however, it can be said that in my perspective and the perspective of the German population during WWII that he was a great leader and a hero in the resurrection of German power. It is the obvious truth that in result of the actions committed by Adolf Hitler hundreds of thousands innocent

Many wonder what the notorious Adolf Hitler must have endured that led him the become such an evil, careless person. He is infamously known as the main perpetrator of the Holocaust in which roughly ten million people died. Although his exact reasoning for intolerance is, and always will be, unknown, we can infer his motive probably began for reasons such as his failure to become an artist, his abusive father, and his public relations with anti-semitic leaders.

The Vietnam War profoundly affected many Vietnam soldiers after they left the homeland, and the media had an immense influence on how these individuals were treated in America. The returning soldiers showed all of the typical symptoms of what psychiatrists now understand as PTSD: difficulty sleeping, an overly sensitive reaction to stimuli, and flashbacks. For instance, Sonny Hartwell, a Vietnam veteran with PTSD, recounted the constant uncertainty he experienced during the war, “War is a strange thing. You spend so much time with nothing to do and the boredoms of every day existence [sic] in a camp-like setting and then all hell breaks loose. That might last for just a few seconds, but the terror and trauma that you go through in just that minute to few seconds can be mind boggling” (Stein 12). Hartwell’s story was one of many, and yet, early editions of the DSM had very little information on war neurosis during the 1960s (Stein 11). Veterans were often considered delusional and even misdiagnosed as LSD addicts,

Many people find Adolph Hitler as a cruel and wicked man after what he did during the World War II and the Holocaust. He lived an unfortunate life and brought misery to the innocent lives around him. Adolf’s relationship with his parents, failure to attend art school, and moving to Vienna helped to lead him to become the inhuman monster he was.

During World War 2 the National Socialist German Workers ' Party, or Nazi, leader came into power and spread his ideology: his name was Adolf Hitler. At the time, there were so many people that praised him and what he stood for. On the other hand, the majority of the world saw the cruel things that he did to the Jewish people. Those people refer to his as "insane" because of the fact that he had no remorse for the actions that he was doing. He saw only one type of German people and he would not accept anything else. During and after Hilters reign psychologists, doctors, researchers, and others tried to figure out his mindset. They tried to justify how someone could be so cruel to people of his country when the people had done nothing wrong to him. The psychopathology of Adolf Hitler has sparked the interest of various amounts of people. His mental, physical, and emotional illnesses are contributing factors that drove him to be so inhumane.

Adolf Hitler was one of the most powerful leaders in history, and easily the most terrifying. The dictator went to extreme measures of corruption to maintain full control over the people of Germany. As the leader of Nazi Germany, Hitler’s leadership affected the world in catastrophic ways. He destroyed German democracy, started a world war, and is responsible for the near genocide of the Jewish people. Today his leadership is still significant as his reign will have a lasting effect on German society.

Adolf Hitler: The Nut-Ball Adolf Hitler is foremost known for the Holocaust, the killing of over 11 million people. Hitler also had a different side to him. He had a weirder side, more crazy, nut-ball even. Besides his reign over Germany and terror during the Holocaust, there is more most don’t know. All throughout his life (1889-1945) he transformed into a person his parents wouldn’t have recognized, doing things they wouldn’t expect.

Hitler’s state of mind throughout his leadership career is something of a debate. Some claim that his actions were the result of a list of mental and physical health problems and various drug addictions. Others claim that this is not the case. In an article titled, Insane or Just Evil? A Psychiatrist Takes a New Look at Hitler, Erica Goode outlines biographer Dr. Fritz Redlich’s views on Hitler’s mental and physical health. As well, he looks at the effects these factors would have had on Hitler’s ability to make decisions.

For the past seventy years, Adolf Hitler has been known as one of the most evil men in history. The Fueherer, as he was known, exhumed hatred and violence in his pursuit of power. A vile man, driven by violence and a lust for power, eventually drove himself mad with his own idealistic vision of what a perfect world would be, and how he would achieve

From January of 1933 to April of 1945, Adolf Hitler ruled over the German people and became known as one of the most notorious dictators the world has ever seen. Several studies done by scholars and historians show that Hitler “displayed substantial initiative, toughness of mind, self-confidence, and ruthlessness” (Housden 188). Using coercion techniques and his understanding of the human psyche, Hitler was able to bully and lie to his European neighbors in order to achieve his objectives. He fooled nations into believing his “peaceful” intentions, but his mission for World War II came to an ultimate failure leading to his suicide in April of 1945 (Housden 200). Adolf Hitler faced eventual failure as a military leader as a result of his misunderstandings of the “rules” of warfare. Hitler’s lack of experience and his inadequate knowledge of warfare were two of the key points that proved to be fatal.