1st Edition

The Radical Right in Germany 1870 to the Present

By Lee Mcgowan Copyright 2002
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

The Radical Right has represented a major element in German politics and society throughout the history of the united country (i.e. since the 1870s), though the understandable concentration on the Third Reich (1933-45) has tended to distort the wider picture. This book explores the history of the radical right through the full span of Germany's life as a nation, thus putting the Third Reich in... Read more
1  What is Right Wing Radicalism: A Definition 2  The Kaiserreich 1870-1918 3  1919-3 3: The Right in the Weimar Republic 4  Leadership and Ideology 5  Membership and Violence 6  National Socialist Germany 7  The Resurgence of the Radical Right in post-war Germany 8  Homeland and Hate: Neo-Nazism in Germany Conclusions

Biography

Lee McGowan is a Lecturer in European Studies at Queen's University, Belfast.