Peel back the facade built around the 20th century's most notorious man to reveal a leader wracked by health issues, insecurities, incest, sexual hang-ups, fetishes, and drug addiction. Here was a man leading the world to war and responsible for the most heinous atrocities. At the same time, he consumed methamphetamines, cocaine, and a pick-me-up cocktail containing bull semen. His relationships were fractured: At least one of his lovers committed suicide, and the only woman for whom he ever professed love, his half-sister's daughter, also committed suicide.

Peel back the facade built around the 20th century's most notorious man to reveal a leader wracked by health issues, insecurities, incest, sexual hang-ups, fetishes, and drug addiction. Here was a man leading the world to war and responsible for the most heinous atrocities. At the same time, he consumed methamphetamines, cocaine, and a pick-me-up cocktail containing bull semen. His relationships were fractured: At least one of his lovers committed suicide, and the only woman for whom he ever professed love, his half-sister's daughter, also committed suicide.