1st Edition

The Third Reich Charisma and Community

By Martin Kitchen Copyright 2008
424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

The twelve years of the Third Reich casts a dark shadow over history. Fierce debates still rage over many of the hows, whys and wherefores of this perplexing period. Leading expert on German history, Martin Kitchen, provides a concise, accessible and provocative account of Nazi Germany.  It takes into account the political, social, economic and cultural ramifications, and sets it within... Read more

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Authors Acknowledgements

Publisher's Acknowledgements

List of Maps

  1. Background
  2. The origins of National Socialism
  3. Hitler as chancellor
  4. Reordering society and the economy
  5. The churches and education
  6. The arts and propaganda
  7. The SA, SS and police
  8. Foreign policy
  9. The Shoah
  10. The war

Notes

Further Reading

Index

Biography

Martin Kitchen is Professor of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada and the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on German and European history including Nazi Germany at War (Longman, 1994), Europe Between the Wars (2nd extended edition, Longman, 2006) and A World in Flames: A Concise History of the Second World War in Europe and Asia (Longman, 1990).