{"product_id":"blitzed-drugs-in-the-third-reich-9781328915344","title":"Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, Norman Ohler's \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines, which were consumed by everyone from factory workers to housewives to German soldiers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, troops were encouraged, and in some cases ordered, to take rations of a form of crystal meth--the elevated energy and feelings of invincibility associated with the high even help to account for the breakneck invasion that sealed the fall of France in 1940, as well as other German military victories. Hitler himself became increasingly dependent on injections of a cocktail of drugs--ultimately including Eukodal, a cousin of heroin--administered by his personal doctor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThoroughly researched and rivetingly readable, \u003cem\u003eBlitzed\u003c\/em\u003e throws light on a history that, until now, has remained in the shadows. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delightfully nuts.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNORMAN OHLER is an award-winning German novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. He spent five years researching \u003ci\u003eBlitzed \u003c\/i\u003ein numerous archives in Germany and the United States, and spoke to eyewitnesses, military historians, and doctors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582665462034,"sku":"9781328915344","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0247ec0d-255a-490a-aaac-959bbc6c1a15.jpg?v=1732022581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blitzed-drugs-in-the-third-reich-9781328915344","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}