TY - JOUR
AU - Abel, Theodore
AB - POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY [VOx.. LXVI 13 4 The Psychology of Dictatorship: Based on an Examination of the Leaders of Nazi Germany. By G. M. GILBERT. New York, Th e Ronald Press Co., 1950.—viii, 327 pp. $4.00. Dr . Gilbert had an unusual opportunity for daily and intimate con- tac t with the chief defendants at the Nuremberg Trial for a period o f a year. He was assigned as a psychologist to the court and, in the course of his professional duties, he spent most of his time interview- in g the defendants, listening to their conversations, and receiving their complaints , arguments and explanations. He was able to draw par- ticula r advantage from these contacts because he succeeded in estab- lishing very informal relationships with the defendants who met him as persons rather than as actors in a dramatic situation. Dr . Gilbert has already published an account of his activities in The Nuremberg Diary (1947). The major portion of the present study contain s more detailed case histories of Goering, von Papen, Keitel and SS-Colone l Hoess of Auschwitz. These fascinating accounts alone mak e the book extremely valuable to the psychologist, the historian an d 
TI - The Psychology of Dictatorship: Based on an Examination of the Leaders of Nazi Germany, by G. M. Gilbert
JF - Political Science Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2145396
DA - 1951-03-15
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SP - 134
EP - 135
VL - 66
IS - 1
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