Epstein Nazi Germany

Confronting the Myths
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-29477-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Short Histories

Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths provides a concise andcompelling introduction to the Third Reich. At the same time,it challenges and demystifies the many stereotypes surroundingHitler and Nazi Germany.
* Creates a succinct, argument-driven overview for students byusing common myths and stereotypes to encourage critical engagementwith the subject
* Provides an up-to-date historical synthesis based on the latestresearch in the field
* Argues that in order to fully understand and explain thisperiod of history, we need to address its seeming paradoxes -for example, questioning why most Germans viewed the Third Reich asa legitimate government, despite the Nazis' criminality
* Incorporates useful study features, including a timeline,glossary, maps, and illustrations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epstein, Catherine A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations viii
Preface x
1 Germany before 1933 1
2 Hitler and the Nazi Movement 21
3 The Nazi Party-State 45
4 The Racial State 69
5 Nazi Germany in the 1930s: A Popular Regime? 97
6 War and Occupation, 1939-1941 123
7 Genocide 149
8 Total War, 1942-1945 179
Epilogue 211
Abbreviations and Glossary 223
Timeline 225
Index 229

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Epstein is Dean of the Faculty and Professor ofHistory at Amherst College. She is the prize-winning authorof Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser and the Occupation of WesternPoland (2010). Her previous publications also includeA Past Renewed: A Catalog of German-Speaking Refugee Historiansin the United States After 1933 (1993) and The LastRevolutionaries: German Communists and their Century (2003).