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By Fritz Redlich. 448 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. $35. ISBN 0-19-505782-1.

More than 50 years after the end of World War II, Adolf Hitler continues to fascinate, as evidenced by the dozens of biographies and political analyses published during the past several years. The shadow of the Holocaust he created continues to darken the 20th century. Surely only a madman could have wreaked such unspeakable horror.

It would be a comfort to have an eminent psychiatrist propose a definitive diagnosis to explain Hitler's behavior, for it would permit us to avoid confronting humanity's capacity for evil. But in Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet, Fritz Redlich does not provide such comfort. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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