Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

By Norman Ohler

Book Overview

A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich" (Washington Post). The Nazi regime preached an ideology of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141983167
• ISBN13: 9780141983165
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

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