urces of what he terms "semi information which he put to good use" (1:64), "the core, probably the only 'genuine' fanatically held and realized conviction of his entire life, was anti Semitism and race mania" (1:63). To the degree Hitler had only an ordinary intellect and was one among many disaffected German war veterans wincing under the pain of Versailles, even race prejudice would have been no more than something of an expression of peer group solidarity. But Hitler also had ambitions for power and thought programmatically enough to organize and act on them.
The idea that Hitler used a host of means to seize and maintain his power is developed in detail by Bullock, who says that Hitler embodied a "mixture of calculation [i.e., cynical politician] and fanaticism" and that what makes Hitler unique is that it is difficult sometimes to see where calculation ends and fanaticism begins. Bullock describes Hitler as a "consummate actor" (2:377) and gives a number of instances of Hitler's using theatrics (e.g., blitzkrieg, bullying, surprise) in order to achi
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