The Making of a Tyrant

Hitler’s Path to Power

Felix Brandt

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English

Vij Books
25 September 2025

European history; Social, group or collective psychology; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship

Democracy rarely dies in a blaze; it is unpicked by people who believe they are voting for order. This book's distinctive claim is that the path from failed artist to Führer can be understood as an engineering problem-how myth, media, crisis, and law were assembled into a working machine for manufacturing consent and dismantling checks from within. It interrogates unsettling dilemmas: Why do reasonable voters back unreasonable regimes? How does propaganda convert fear into obedience? When does legality become violence in slow motion? Drawing on political psychology, social history, media studies, institutional design, and moral philosophy, it treats Weimar as a live laboratory rather than a mausoleum. The book blends archival caselets, close readings of speeches, campaign logistics, policy memos, and ""red-flag"" diagnostics for readers-short reflection prompts and checklists that translate analysis into pattern recognition. By the end, readers gain a clear mental model-the Five Switches (Myth, Enemy, Emergency, Machine, Legalism)-and a disciplined habit for spotting lawful illegality early, interpreting it without melodrama, and acting before it hardens.

- The Consent Machine - How Propaganda, Crisis, and Lawful Illegality End Democracies

- Voting for Order - Why People Choose Strongmen and Unmake the Republic

- The Autocrat's Method - Inside the Engineering of Hitler's Rise.

By: Felix Brandt
Imprint: Vij Books
Volume: 6
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9789390349739
ISBN 10: 9390349737
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 25 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Felix Brandt writes about the fragile bargains that hold societies together and the quiet ways they come undone. Drawn to the margins where law meets fear, he studies how ordinary people justify extraordinary outcomes-how slogans become habits, and habits become history. His work moves between archives and streets, reading posters, diaries, and policy minutiae with the same attention as grand speeches. Rooted in a European sensibility and a sceptic's patience, he believes clarity is a civic duty: name what is happening, measure what matters, and refuse the comfort of fatalism. When he is not writing, he walks railway lines and reads footnotes, looking for the small decisions that make the largest turns.