The Psychopathic God

The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler is a 1977 book by the historian Robert G. L. Waite. It was republished in 1993 by Da Capo Press of New York.

Origin of the title
The title is taken from a passage in W. H. Auden's poem, "September 1, 1939":


 * Accurate scholarship can
 * Unearth the whole offence
 * From Luther until now
 * That has driven a culture mad,
 * Find what occurred at Linz,
 * What huge imago made
 * A psychopathic God:
 * I and the public know
 * What all schoolchildren learn,
 * Those to whom evil is done
 * Do evil in return.

The title of Auden's poem refers to the date that Hitler's tanks rolled into Poland. This date is generally acknowledged as the beginning of World War II.

Citation

 * Waite, Robert G. L. (1977). The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-06743-3