Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-254) and index.
Contents
Nazism, myth, and meaning -- A world turned upside down : Weimar chaos and the culture of apocalypse -- The turning point : Racial apocalypse or racial salvation -- Seeing the light : The Nazi conversion experience -- Hitler as Messiah -- The Messiah legitimated : Linking the leader and the led -- Final empire, final war, final solution -- The Hitler gospels and old guard testimonials : Reconstructing a mythical world.