'Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich.' - International History Review
Sir Ian Kershaw is regarded by many as the world’s leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich. Known for his clear and accessible style when dealing with complex historical issues his work has redefined the way we look at this period modern European history. The Nazi Dictatorship is Kershaw’s landmark study of the Third Reich. It covers the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler’s authority and leadership, Nazi Foreign Policy and the aftermath, including issues surrounding Germany’s unification. The Revelations edition includes a new preface from the author.
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Preface to the Revelations Edition
Abbreviations
1. Historians and the problem of explaining Nazism
2. The Essence of Nazism: form of fascism, brand of totalitarianism, or unique phenomenon?
3. Politics and economics in the Nazi State
4. Hitler: ‘master of the Third Reich’ or ‘weak dictator’
5. Hitler and the Holocaust
6. Nazi foreign policy: Hitler’s ‘programme’ or ‘expansion without object’?
7. The Third Reich: ‘social reaction’ or ‘social revolution’?
8. ‘Resistance without the people’?
9. ‘Normality’ and genocide: the problem of ‘historicization’
10. Shifting perspectives: historiographical trends in the aftermath of unification
Suggestions for further reading
Index
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Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich.
The Nazi Dictatorship evaluates the complex historiography of the Third Reich, providing students with a detailed examination of the interpretational issues which characterize the study of this field.
Knighted in 2002 for services to the field of history, Sir Ian Kershaw is widely regarded as the world's leading expert on Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich
Bringing together books and thinkers that have opened up startling new ways of looking at the world, the Bloomsbury Revelations series celebrates the originality and excellence of Bloomsbury Academic's non-fiction publishing. Including books by the likes of Carol Adams, Winston Churchill, Slavoj Zizek, Ferdinand de Saussure, Ronald Dworkin, Constantin Stanislavski, Susan Strange and Gilles Deleuze, this is an essential library of the thinkers who have fundamentally shaped the way we see the modern world.
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