First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume offers a study of the psychological functioning of Nazi war criminals - both elite and rank and file. It examines the history of over 200 Rorschach Inkblot protocols administered to them, and offers a perspective to understanding the causes that created such antisocial behaviour.

Half a century after the collapse of the Nazi regime and the Third Reich, scholars from a range of fields continue to examine the causes of Nazi Germany. An increasing number of young Americans are attempting to understand the circumstances that led to the rise of the Nazi party and the subsequent Holocaust, as well as the implication such events may have for today as the world faces a resurgence of neo-Nazism, ethnic warfare, and genocide.

In the months following World War II, extensive psychiatric and psychological testing was performed on over 200 Nazis in an effort to understand the...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.