Nazi Germany

Description

An authoritative and up-to-date history of Nazi Germany, with each chapter written by an internationally acknowledged expert in the field, covering everything from the ideological origins of Nazism, through the history of politics and society in the 'Third Reich', to the aftermath of National Socialism in postwar German history and memory.

• An up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the history of Nazi Germany
• Ten chapters, each written by an expert in the field, covering all the most important themes in the history of National Socialism
• Includes chapters on Nazi ideology; the Nazi seizure of power; the organization of the Nazi 'national community'; the relationship between Nazism and Germany's religious faiths; Nazi economics; foreign policy and the path to war; the intertwining of war and genocide; and Nazism in German post-war history and memory

About the Author(s)

Edited by Jane Caplan, Professor of Modern European History, University of Oxford, and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford

Table of Contents

Introduction, Jane Caplan
1:The Emergence of Nazi Ideology, Richard J. Evans
2:The NSDAP, 1919-34: From Fringe Politics to the Seizure of Power, Peter Fritzsche
3:Hitler and the Nazi State: Leadership, Hierarchy, and Power, Jeremy Noakes
4:Inclusion: Building the National Community in Propaganda and Practice, Jill Stephenson
5:The Policy of Exclusion: Repression in the Nazi State, 1933-9, Nikolaus Wachsmann
6:Religion and the Churches, Richard Steigmann-Gall
7:The Economic History of the Nazi Regime, Adam Tooze
8:Foreign Policy in Peace and War, Gerhard L. Weinberg
9:Occupation, Imperialism and Genocide, 1939-45, Doris L. Bergen
10:The Third Reich in Postwar German Memory, Robert G. Moeller
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps

Reviews

"Excellent...work of exceptional quality. It is difficult to think of a better guide to Nazi Germany (even in German). It should gain an immediate place at the top of all reading lists." - Joachim Whaley, Journal of European Studies

"In a brief format it provides a broad, state-of-the-art picture of Nazi Germany. The editor and the authors deserve credit for this service to scholars and teachers of the field." - Moritz Follmer, English Historical Review.

"Jane Caplan's book encompasses overviews on the most important topics on an up-to-date level by experts who have established reputations from major research publications on their area...in their effort to combine precise information with balanced reflection of historical perspectives, most of those chapters achieve a remarkably high level of density while still being readable. This is no small achievement." - Magnus Brechtken, Times Higher Education Supplement

"Caplan and her team of authors have succeeded in producing an extremely useful volume, which will definitely become standard reading for all university courses on National Socialism." - Patrick Bernhard, European History Quarterly.