<p>Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler¿s most loyal acolytes. But how did this club-footed son of a factory worker rise from obscurity to become Hitler¿s malevolent minister of propaganda, most trusted lieutenant and personally anointed successor?<br><br> In this definitive one-volume biography, renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich sifts through the historical record ¿ and thirty thousand pages of Goebbels¿s own diary entries ¿ to answer that question. Longerich paints a chilling picture of a man driven by a narcissistic desire for recognition who found the personal affirmation he craved within the virulently racist National Socialist movement ¿ and whose lifelong search for a charismatic father figure inexorably led him to Hitler.<br><br> This comprehensive biography documents Goebbels¿ ascent through the ranks of the Nazi Party, where he became a member of the F¿hrer¿s inner circle and launched a brutal campaign of anti-Semitic propaganda. <i>Goebbels </i>delivers