The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

"With full access to Kelley's notes on Nazi psychology, El-Hai infuses his story with the messy, compelling details of people's lives. These tug the reader inside Kelley's head for an engrossing exploration of human nature, sanity, and despair."

"This intimate and insightful portrait of two intersecting, outsized personalities--one an exemplar of public service and the other an avatar of evil--is as suspenseful as a classic Hitchcock film that hinges on an eerie psychological secret. Readers of The Nazi and the Psychiatrist will be riveted by Jack El-Hai's moving study of how good and evil can converge in a heightened instant and across a lifetime."

"In the chilling tale of Dr. Douglas Kelley, a young U.S. Army psychiatrist and his secret evaluations of Nazi leader Hermann Göring, Jack El-Hai weaves a harrowing narrative that brilliantly probes the depths of evil. [A]n utterly fascinating book."

"Enthralling story which grips from the first page and reads like a thriller."

"Ace reportage on the unique relationship between a prison physician and one of the Third Reich's highest ranking officials. El-Hai's gripping account turns a chilling page in American history and provides an unsettling meditation on the machinations of evil."

"Journalist El-Hai's haunting historical account raises questions about the human capacity to cause harm....In this thoroughly engaging story of the jocular master war criminal and the driven, self-aware psychiatrist, El-Hai finds no simple binary."

"Well researched and well written."

"Jack El-Hai's biography of Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley provides a riveting look at the top Nazis awaiting trial, and reveals the dangerous power of intimacy with evil."

"If you liked Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt, try The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai."