Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1328663795
• ISBN13: 9781328663795
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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