Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths provides a concise and compelling introduction to the Third Reich. At the same time, it challenges and demystifies the many stereotypes surrounding Hitler and Nazi Germany.Creates a succinct, argument–driven overview for students by using common myths and stereotypes to encourage critical engagement with the subjectProvides an up–to–date historical synthesis based on the latest research in the fieldArgues that in order to fully understand and explain this period of history, we need to address its seeming paradoxes – for example, questioning why most Germans viewed the Third Reich as a legitimate government, despite the Nazis’ criminalityIncorporates useful study features, including a timeline, glossary, maps, and illustrations INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-1-118-29478-9
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 30/01/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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