A concise history of Nazi Germany

Bendersky, Joseph W., 1946-

A concise history of Nazi Germany [electronic resource] / Joseph W. Bendersky. - 4th ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2014. - xiv, 241 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins and development of Nazism, 1919-1928 -- Weimar democracy in crisis -- The rise of Hitler and Nazism -- The historical roots of Nazi ideology -- Party structure, propaganda, and followers during the "early years of struggle" -- The seizure and consolidation of power, 1929-1934 -- Parliamentary paralysis and the Nazi breakthrough of 1930 -- Hitler's legal path to power -- The pseudolegal revolution -- The nazification of German society, 1934-1938 -- The total state versus the dual state and polycracy -- Political biology, culture, and society -- SS terror, anti-semitism, and resistance to nazification -- The rise and fall of the Nazi empire in Europe, 1933-1945 -- The fuhrer as statesman: ideology and foreign policy -- The fuhrer as warrior: victory and conquest -- From domination to retreat -- The Holocaust, resistance, and defeat -- The struggle for justice and historical memory -- From Nuremberg to vergangenheitsbewltigung -- The intractable Nazi legacy in film: propaganda and history.


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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.


National socialism.


Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.


Electronic books.

DD240 / .B348 2014eb

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