03756nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-51833-1 DE-He213 20251030111458.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240301s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031518331 978-3-031-51833-1 10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1 doi JA85-85.2 JPH bicssc GTC bicssc POL000000 bisacsh JPH thema GTC thema de Berg, Henk. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72348 Trump and Hitler [electronic resource] : A Comparative Study in Lying / by Henk de Berg. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIX, 340 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1: Self-Staging: Aura and Appearance -- 2: Corruption and Money -- 3: Enemies, Scapegoats, and Conspiracy Theories -- 4: The Establishment, the Elite, and the Experts -- 5: Identity and Negative Myths -- 6: Leadership Style -- 7: Speeches, Lies, and Narrative (Un-)Truth. “This is a fascinating comparative study. Well written and well researched. I’d thoroughly recommend it”. -Frank McDonough, author of Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party and The Hitler Years “This thought-provoking book lets us see Trump as a leader in the authoritarian tradition and reminds us that the playbook Hitler used did not vanish after 1945”. -Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen “By comparing the underlying commonalities between Hitler and Trump, de Berg a way to decode the sway charismatic leaders have on their followers across the ages”. -Peter Pomerantsev, author of How to Win an Information War: Sefton Delmer, the Genius Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler This book compares Trump and Hitler as political performance artists. It explores their populist self-staging and rhetorical strategies and explains how they connected with their respective audiences. It also analyses the two men’s character, work ethic, and management style. In addition, the book addresses seemingly peripheral issues like the reasons behind Hitler’s toothbrush moustache and Trump’s hairstyle. By demystifying Hitler and Trump, the author throws new light on both of them received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award and has been translated into three European languages as well as Chinese. Henk de Berg is Professor of German at the University of Sheffield, UK. His previous books include Freud’s Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies, which received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. . Communication in politics. 65259 Language and languages Style. 66672 Rhetoric. 66673 World politics. 58105 Pragmatics. 69114 Political Communication. 67745 Rhetorics. 66676 Political History. 67817 Pragmatics. 69114 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031518324 Printed edition: 9783031518348 Printed edition: 9783031518355 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51833-1 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 58075 58075