Blitzed: drugs in the Third Reich

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A fast-paced, highly original history that uncovers the full extent of drug use in Nazi Germany-from Hitler's all-consuming reliance on a slew of substances, to the drugs that permeated the regime and played an integral role in Germany's military performance and ultimate downfall in World War II. Front Cover Front Flap Front Matter Half Title Title Copyright Epigraph Contents 1. Methamphetamine, the Volksdroge (1933-1938) Breaking Bad: The Drug Lab of the Reich Prologue in the Nineteenth Century: The Father of All Drugs Germany, the Global Dealer The Chemical Twenties Switching Power Means Switching Substances Anti-Drug Policy as Anti-Semitic Policy The Celebrity Doctor of Kurfürstendamm Injection Cocktail for Patient A Volkswagen -- Volksdrogen 2. Sieg High! (1939-1941) Looking for Clues at the Military Archive The German Army Discovers a German Drug. From Brown Bread to Brain FoodRobots Burnout Modern Times Time Is War "Think Big"60 Time Is Meth The Crystal Fox Hitler Doesn't Understand the Blitzkrieg The Miracle of Dunkirk -- A Pharmacological Interpretation The Dealer for the Wehrmacht War and Vitamins Flying High: The Battle of Britain Just What the World Was Waiting For 3. High Hitler: Patient A and His Personal Physician (1941-1944) Onsite Visit: National Archives, Washington, DC The Bunker Mentality Eastern Rush A Former Medical Officer Speaks Planet "Werwolf" Slaughterhouse Ukraine. "X" and the Total Loss of RealityTaking Eukodal One Reich, One Dealer Patient B Operation Valkyrie and Its Pharmacological Consequences At Last, Cocaine! Speedball The Doctors' War Self-Obliteration The Superbunker Track Marks The Question of Guilt 4. The Wonder Drug (1944-1945) Onsite Visit: Medical Academy of the Bundeswehr, Munich The Quest for the Miracle Drug Business Trip to the Concentration Camp Pill Patrol Going Under Brainwashing Twilight of the Drugs Last Exit Bunker The Dismissal The Final Poison Morell's Implosion Back Matter Acknowledgments Notes.