The Psychopathic God

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The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler is a 1977 book written by Robert G. L. Waite. It was republished in 1993 by First DeCapo Press of New York.

It is a psychological portrait and examination of German dictator Adolf Hitler "by documenting accounts of his behaviour, beliefs, tastes, fears and compulsions." (DeCapo Press, publisher)

The title is taken from a passage in W. H. Auden's poem, "September 1, 1939":

Accurate scholarship can
Unearth the whole offence
From Luther until now
That has driven a culture mad,
Find what occurred at Linz,
What huge imago made
A psychopathic god:
I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.

The title of Auden's poem refers to the date that Hitler's tanks rolled into Poland. This date is generally acknowledged as the beginning of World War II.