Far-right political ideologies and movements Books
Vintage Publishing The SS Officer's Armchair: In Search of a Hidden
Book SynopsisThe gripping account of one historian's hunt for answers as he delves into the surprising life of an ordinary Nazi officer.'Totally exhilarating' Philippe SandsIt began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer's Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger emerges as at once an ordinary man with a family and ambitions, and an active participant in the Nazi machinery of terror whose choices continue to reverberate today.'Gripping, it unfolds like a detective story as an obscured past emerges into the light' Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass'An absorbing work of historical detection... Riveting' Evening StandardTrade ReviewBeautiful and gripping, it unfolds like a detective story as an obscured past emerges into the light. -- Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish FamilyMemorable and chilling... As well as a brilliant researcher, Lee proves himself to be an insightful narrator - of both the life of a Nazi "desk murderer", and the continuing attempts of Griesinger's family to come to terms with the long shadow his role as an SS officer has cast over their lives. -- PD Smith * Guardian *An intriguing, honest and superbly documented portrait of what could be called an 'unremarkable' SS life... The strength of Lee's book is the way these facts of history are twinned with the perverted domesticity of everyday Nazism... The armchair stuffed with hidden swastikas is an apt symbol for that weird and disturbing double life. -- Bart van Es * Spectator *[An] absorbing work of historical detection... Lee's riveting book opens a window onto the life of an "ordinary" Nazi. -- Ian Thomson * Evening Standard *Understand this mediocre, provincial Nazi and you understand the terrible tragedy of 20th-century Germany... This is an admirable work of historical research, and is carefully and briskly written. Lee has been a pitbull of a researcher. -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Hitlers Olympics The Story of the 1936 Nazi Games
Book SynopsisFor two weeks in August 1936, Nazi Germany achieved an astonishing propaganda coup when it staged the Olympic Games in Berlin. Hiding their anti-Semitism and plans for territorial expansion, the Nazis exploited the Olympic ideal, dazzling visiting spectators and journalists alike with an image of a tolerant country. Thousands of foreigners went away wondering why the Hitler regime had been vilified, unaware that not far from the stunning Olympic Stadium lay a concentration camp full of 'enemies of the state'. In Hitler's Olympics, Anton Rippon tells the story of those remarkable Games, the first to overtly use the Olympic festival for political purposes. His account looks at how the rise of the Nazis affected German sportsmen and women in the early 1930s. And it reveals how the rest of the world allowed the Berlin Olympics to go ahead despite the knowledge that Nazi Germany was a police state.The Nazis threw all their resources into staging the most remarkable Olympics seen so far. Hit
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John Blake Publishing Ltd The Black Book: What if Germany had won World War
Book SynopsisIn July 1940, Walter Schellenberg of the German Secret Service drew up a list of 2,694 people believed to be living in Britain, who were known enemies of the Reich. In that month, the Wehrmacht was poised across the Channel ready to hit Britain with blitzkrieg, the terrible and hugely successful tactic that had already overwhelmed Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The names on Schellenberg's list represent the heart and soul of a nation that made the British what they were but the list also includes a diaspora from Europe - the intellectuals, politicians and writers who had been driven out of their own homelands by the speed of the German conquests. All human life is there - lives that were, to the Nazis, unworthy of life.Historians have found the list a curiosity. Surely, it cannot be real? It was. The Black Book is the first book to evaluate the list, and look at the chilling reality of what Hitler had in store for the nation.
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Ebury Publishing The Prosecutor
Book SynopsisJack Fairweather is an award-winning and bestselling British writer and journalist. His last book The Volunteer won the Costa Book Prize and was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, hailed as a modern classic and compared to Schindler's List. He splits his time between the UK and Vermont.
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Tory Nation
Book Synopsis'A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great mysteries of our time' JONATHAN COE‘Should be read and enjoyed by readers on the left, right and centre’ David Edgerton, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ________________________________________________Why do British politics so often play out on the Tories’ terms? What does this say about our democracy? In his revelatory book, Samuel Earle explores the roots of the current crisis and the real reasons for the Conservatives’ unsettling success, from their ruling-class origins in the eighteenth century and their disproportionate influence of the British press to their stranglehold over national identity. He sheds light on the Conservatives’ historic appeal among the working classes and why the Labour Party so often disappoints.Tory Nation describes the making of Britain through one party’s astonishing power oveTrade Review‘A witty, lucid investigation into one of the great political mysteries of our time: the enduring love felt by the British people for the party which regularly manages to persuade them, against all the evidence, that it has their best interests at heart’ -- Jonathan Coe, author of Bournville‘Finally, someone has explained why the British electorate behaves like Turkeys voting for Christmas. Sam Earle has set out clearly and eloquently why our democracy is incapable of solving our political problems’ -- Robert Verkaik, author of Posh Boys‘Eviscerating. Less a political book and more a mystery novel . . . untangles the riddle of the strange cognitive dissonance between the Tories’ bumbling, destructive political record and their inexplicable electoral success’ -- i-D'Explores the remarkable resilience of the Conservative party, which ought to be of interest to friend and foe alike’ * Spectator *Highly readable. Capably explains two innate Conservative traits that are beyond doubt: an unquenchable lust for power, and a deep belief in stooping to conquer. * Observer *'Not only brilliant but also steers well clear of facile ‘crisis of our politics’ analyses' -- Nesrine Malik, author of 'We Need New Stories'‘A rich, well-written and rewarding book narrated with brio and insight. It should be read and enjoyed by readers on the left, right and centre’ * David Edgerton, TLS *
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HarperCollins Publishers The Gallery of Miracles and Madness Insanity Art
Book SynopsisA riveting tale, brilliantly told'' Philippe SandsThe little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works byschizophrenic patients that would astonish and delight the world.The Prinzhorn collection, as it was called, inspired a new generation of artists, including Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali. What the doctor could not have known, however, was that these works would later be used to prepare the ground for mass-murder.Soon after his rise to power, Hitlera failed artist of the old schooldeclared war on modern art. The Nazis staged giant Degenerate Art' shows to ridicule the avant-garde, and seized and destroyed the cream of Germany''s modern art collections. This action was mere preparation, however, for the even more sinister campaign Hitler would later wage against so-called degenerate people, and Prinzhorn''s artists were caught upin bTrade Review‘A superbly told story of worlds colliding …There’s so much that’s wonderful about this book; it’s hard to know where to start heaping praise. It is by turns intriguing, tragic, horrifying and occasionally funny’The Times ‘English has written a terrific book, taut and thematic … As beautiful as it is bleak’Guardian ‘Engrossing …The work of these artists, much of which miraculously survived the war, lives on as testament to the variety of human experience, and of ways to communicate what it feels like to be alive’Economist ‘Compelling … The twin strands of Hitler’s thinking on art and racial purity draw remorselessly together … Memorable’Literary Review ‘A riveting tale, brilliantly told'Philippe Sands ‘A fascinating new book’Daily Mail ‘Fascinating … Journalist English unpacks Hitler’s mad campaign against mentally ill artists … English’s story feels strikingly relevant. While shedding new light on this piece of history, English also provides a cautionary tale for the future’Publishers Weekly ‘An extraordinary, deeply researched work which is a testament to the Prinzhorn artists’The Tablet ‘Perhaps only in 1920s Weimar Germany where expressionism and dadaism were exploring the dark sides of sex and fantasy could the art of the mentally ill first get its due. And perhaps only in Germany could the story Charlie English tells so well have ended in such horror. English takes us through uncharted artistic waters in a narrative of great humanity: a gripping journey into art, madness and modern history’Jonathan Jones, author of Sensations ‘Dazzling … This poignant narrative centres on the complicated psychiatrist Hans Prizhorn and the eccentric patient artists whose work helped usher in a new epoch of the modernist avant-garde only to become fodder for Hitler's hateful ideology of “degeneration”. Richly wrought, and deeply researched’Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Hunting Evil The dramatic true story of the Nazi
Book SynopsisAt the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Some of them are names that have resonated deeply in twentieth-century history - Eichmann, Mengele, Martin Bormann and Klaus Barbie - not just for the monstrosity of their crimes, but also because of the shadowy nature of their post-war existence, holed up in the depths of Latin America, always one step ahead of their pursuers. The nature of their escape was as gripping as any good thriller. They were aided and abetted by corrupt Catholic priests in the Vatican, they travelled down secret ''rat lines'', hid in foreboding castles high in the Austrian alps, and were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic, with vengeful Holocaust survivors, inept politicians, and daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives. Guy Walters has travelled the world in pursuit of the real account of how the Nazis eTrade ReviewFirst-rate -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *It is gripping and well documented, and deserves a lasting place among histories of the war. * Telegraph *The stuff of thrillers ... An enthralling book and a sobering one. * Patrick Bishop *Absorbing and thoroughly gripping . . . Walters proves emphatically that the reality of Nazi hunting is far more fascinating than the myth. -- James HollandHunting Evil is a model of meticulous, courageous and pathbreaking scholarship * Literary Review *
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The History Press Ltd The SS
Book SynopsisThe SS grew out of Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler''s obsession to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German defeat in the First World War. The SS was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the undermining of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies harmless. This disturbing story reveals not only the inner workings of the SS, but its paramount role in the mass murder of Europe''s Jews, homosexuals and gypsies, its organisation of the death squads and the military campaigns undertaken by the Waffen SS.
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Drawn and Quarterly Berlin
Book SynopsisBerlin is one of the high-water marks of the comics medium. For twenty years, Jason Lutes toiled on this intimate, sweeping epic before the collected Berlin was published in 2018 to widespread acclaim, including rave reviews in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, Vulture, Washington Post, and many other outlets. Lutes s historical fiction about the decline of the Weimar Republic and the rise of fascism is seen through the eyes of the Jews and the Nazis; the socialists and the socialites; the lavishly decorated queer clubs and the crumbling tenement apartments. Marthe Muller is an aspiring artist escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War One by throwing herself into a life-altering romance. Kurt Severing is an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold. The Brauns are a family torn apart by poverty, politics, and the May Day protests of 1929. The Cocoa Kids are an American jazz band slowly realizing there s no place left for them in a changing Berlin. Lutes weaves these characters lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart, crafting a polyphonic novel that is rich in its historical detail and as timely as ever in its depiction of a society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Darkness Falling: The Strange Death of the Weimar
Book Synopsis'Gripping and all too timely' James Hawes 'A brilliant mix of detailed research and vivid storytelling' Julia Boyd 'History at its very best – and a fabulous translation, too' Graham Hurley In March 1930, after the collapse of the coalition that had ruled Germany since 1928, President Hindenburg asked Heinrich Bruning, bespectacled and scholarly leader of the Catholic Centre Party, to form a government. Some three years later, in January 1933, Hindenburg appointed as chancellor the demagogic, virulently anti-Semitic leader of the National Socialist party. Within weeks, Adolf Hitler has begun the process of dismantling the flawed democracy of the Weimar Republic and replacing it with a one-party totalitarian state. Darkness Falling depicts in compelling fashion the serial crises and mounting violence of a febrile era. Peter Walther examines the slow death of Weimar through the prism of nine colourful protagonists, including leading German politicians of right, left and centre, the clairvoyant and occultist, Erik Jan Hanussen and the formidable American journalist Dorothy Thompson. He profiles these heterogeneous characters in intriguing detail, pulling together the threads of their lives to chart the demise of German parliamentary democracy and the rise of National Socialist tyranny. Along the way we gain fascinating insights into the machinations in the corridors of power to keep the 'Bohemian corporal' from the chancellorship, and the venality of the Nazi elite and its fellow travellers from the demi-monde of early 1930s Berlin. Walther evokes the louche nightlife of the German capital – 'a playground for charlatans and prophets, madmen and crooks' – memorably and atmospherically. A masterly fusion of meticulously researched historical writing and vividly propulsive storytelling, Darkness Falling is a distinctive and enthralling account of Germany's slide from democracy to dictatorship. Translated by Dr Peter Lewis.Trade ReviewGripping both as German history and as a timely warning for us all of how otherwise sane people can fatally overestimate the survivability of democracy, and keep scrabbling for petty advantage even as the darkness gather -- James Hawes, author of The Shortest History of GermanyA brilliant mix of detailed research and vivid storytelling, this intriguing account of Germany's terrifying slide from democracy to dictatorship is truly hard to put down -- Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third ReichAn astonishing achievement, meticulously researched, beautifully written, full of surprises both terrifying and deeply revelatory. This is history as its very best – and a fabulous translation, too -- Graham Hurley, author of Last Flight to Stalingrad
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Vintage Publishing Hurrah For The Blackshirts!: Fascists and Fascism
Book SynopsisBritain is celebrated for having avoided the extremism, political violence and instability that blighted many European countries between the two world wars. But her success was a closer thing than has been realized. Disillusionment with parliamentary democracy, outbreaks of fascist violence and fears of communist subversion in industry and the Empire ran through the entire period. Fascist organizations may have failed to attract the support they achieved elsewhere but fascist ideas were adopted from top to bottom of society and by men and women in all parts of the country. This book will demonstrate for the first time the true spread and depth of fascist beliefs - and the extent to which they were distinctly British.Rich in anecdotes and extraordinary characters, Hurrah for the Blackshirts! shows us an inter-war Britain on the high-road to fascism but never quite arriving at its destination.Trade ReviewThis scholarly book shows how widespread fascism was before and in tandem with Mosley's New Party, the British Union of Fascists, half the Conservative Party and many royals -- Philip Howard * The Times *Pugh is one of the most well-respected, diligent and honest scholars working in British history today. This book deserves to be read -- Gerard DeGroot * Scotland on Sunday *The link between a distinct wing of Conservatism and the Italian form of fascism is substantiated in this outstandingly revelatory book * Herald *Fascism did not just come from the East-End toughs. It also came from women, the countryside and from parts of the industrial North. Pugh explores these various strands with a keen eye for detail and a lively sense of the absurd * Independent *Superb * Daily Telegraph *
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Pluto Press Free Speech and Koch Money
Book SynopsisThe demand for free speech on campus is a distraction, we need to follow the moneyTrade Review‘This deeply researched and urgent book reads like a detective mystery. A riveting self-defence manual for all who fear for the future of our country and our planet' -- Nancy MacLean, author of ‘Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America’‘Universities regularly conduct important discussions of free speech. And then there is the largely imaginary ‘campus free speech crisis’. This book is a detailed and valuable guide to the shadowy right-wing financial networks irresponsibly stoking the latter to the growing detriment of the former’ -- Hank Reichman, Professor Emeritus of History, California State University, East Bay‘An essential analysis of the amped-up culture wars over free speech’ -- ‘Times Higher Education’‘An insightful dive into the ways higher education has been impacted—indeed, manipulated—by conservatives. Read it and fight back’ -- Eleanor J. Bader, ‘The Progressive’'Deeply researched and well-argued' -- ‘Inside Higher Education’Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: Overview of the Koch’s Campus Free Speech Machine 1. The Donor Strategy 2. The Student Groups 3. The Provocateurs 4. The Media Amplifiers 5. The Lawyers 6. Changing the Laws 7. The Academics 8. The Free Speech International Conclusion: Refusing the Plutocratic Free Speech Narrative Appendix 1: Koch Network Payments to Organizations Mentioned in the Text Appendix 2: Resources for Activists Notes Index
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum State of Deception The Power of Nazi Propaganda
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Prequel
Book SynopsisThe runaway #1 New York Times bestseller''A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling'' New York Times''A chilling history lesson... Vivid, urgent, smart'' Washington PostAs Hitler''s ascendancy began to make a Second World War inevitable, a clandestine network flooded the United States with disinformation aimed at sapping the strength of its war effort and persuading Americans that their natural alliance was with the Nazis.It was a sophisticated and shockingly well-funded campaign to undermine democratic institutions, promote antisemitism, and destroy citizens'' confidence in their elected leaders, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the US government and installing authoritarian rule. Some of the country''s most influential elected officials, including senators and members of Congress, worked to disseminate Nazi talking points, while fascist paramilitaries stockpiled bombs and weapons in preparation for violent insurrection.Prequel unearths the forgotten story of these insurrectionists, as well as the heroic efforts of the journalists, prosecutors, and regular citizens who sought to expose their plot and bring them to justice. Deeply researched, the story of how the crisis was averted is also a deeply relevant tale for our own disquieting times.
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Quercus Publishing Darkness Over Germany: A Warning From History
Book SynopsisHitler gave voice to a cry that came from the heart of a nation. Originally published in 1943, Darkness over Germany is a poignant and timely reminder of how high youth unemployment and the disenfranchised working class gave Hitler a savage worship. Between 1934 and 1938 Buller interviewed hundreds of men and women in Germany. This book is the result as Buller explores the deep sense of injustice felt by hundreds of German men and women which led to the ensuing Nazi ideology, and which could have been written today.
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Faber & Faber Pinochet in Piccadilly
Book SynopsisIn October 1998, the erstwhile Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate. But over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, intriguing questions went unanswered about his close ties with Britain. Why was Lady Thatcher so keen to defend the General? And why was Tony Blair''s usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested? As Andy Beckett uncovers, the answers reside deep within the long and shadowy history of relations between Britain and Chile.''An outstanding achievement, and mesmerically readable . . . Beckett has surely written one of the best political travelogues of the year.'' Sunday Times''I am stirred and astonished at [Andy Beckett''s] brilliance, and by the imaginative sympathy with which he rekindles the arguments and emotions of a period he never knew.'' Christopher Hitchens, London Review of Books
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HarperCollins Publishers The Last Train
Book SynopsisHaunting.' Jonathan Freedland Powerful.' Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain.Trade Review‘Wonderful. Beautifully written.’ Alan Johnson, author of This Boy ‘I was gripped from the beginning. Peter Bradley has a powerful story to tell.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times ‘Evocative and unsettling, this is a gently haunting book whose characters – and lessons – will linger.’ Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian ‘Outstanding. The lessons Bradley draws from the catastrophe have powerful resonance in our own times.’ Oliver Kamm, The Times ‘Extraordinary …. a harrowing work of creative history.’ The Mirror ‘Far more than simply a historical explanation.’ The Jewish Chronicle ‘A beautifully written, moving account.’ Rebecca Clifford, author of Survivors 'A moving tale of a family, a small German town and Nazi horrors. Brings into sharp focus the enduring scourge of anti-Semitism.’ John Kampfner, author of Why The Germans Do It Better ‘Utterly gripping. I could not put it down.’ Rabbi The Baroness Neuberger DBE ‘Moving. An impressive journey to the roots of antisemitism.’ Géraldine Schwarz, author of Those Who Forget ‘A thought-provoking insight, through the prism of Peter’s family, into the real impact of this pernicious hatred.’ Ruth Smeeth, CEO of Index on Censorship ‘Important … Should be read by all who want to comprehend the enormity of the Holocaust and reflect on its significance for today.’ Dame Louise Ellman, Order! Order!
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Penguin Books Ltd The Dictators
Book SynopsisHalf a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In this first major study of the two dictatorships side-by-side Richard Overy sets out to answer the question: How was dictatorship possible? How did they function? What was the bond that tied dictator and people so powerfully together? He paints a remarkable and vivid account of the different ways in which Stalin and Hitler rose to power, and abused and dominated their people. It is a chilling analysis of powerful ideals corrupted by the vanity of ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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Penguin Books Ltd The German Trauma
Book SynopsisGitta Sereny is one of the world''s most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together the best of her writing on Germany from over sixty years. It amounts to an extraordinary portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden of their guilt has altered the national identity. She writes about key individuals - Stangl, Speer - and the questions which their lives raise. Thepenetration and conviction of her writing throughout is startling and she constantly reminds us why it is important to consider the questions she addresses - war guilt, holocaust denial and the temptations of obedience.Table of ContentsBeginnings; my friend, a heroine of France; stolen children; generation without a past; colloquy with a conscience; men who whitewash Hitler; the Hitler wave; fakes and hoaxes - the Hitler diaries; the great Globocnik hunt; private lives; the three sins of Syberberg; "the truth is, I loved Hitler"; Leni; Kurt Waldheim's mental block; the man who said "no"; Albert Speer; children of the Reich; the case of John Demjanjuk; a last witness to Hitler; final reflections.
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Taylor & Francis Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements
Book SynopsisThis book is based on the premise that understanding fascism is crucial for defeating it.Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements suggests fascism must be understood according to two âœdimensions.â First, fascism is a social movement seeking power, always already connected to sources of power. Hence, fascism cannot be defeated by policing it as a crime problem, nor therapeutically treating it as a pathology of mental health. Second, fascists have cognitive and emotional needs they are seeking to fulfill through their participation in the movement, but the presence of these motivations must be held in tension with the fact that fascists are responsible for their choices and that these individual motivations also exist in a wider social context of capitalism and systems of supremacy.The book opens by examining some psychological elements of recruitment and disengagement from fascist movements, before addressing broader social narratives, concluding with the Trade Review‘Joan Braune is delving into the socio-psychological roots of the fascist crisis and is helping us rebuild an empathetic, passionate, and vital social movement to protect our communities. This is an absolutely essential intervention that locates hope as a necessary weapon in the fight to stop the far right.’Shane Burley, editor of "No Pasaran: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis" and author of "Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It"‘In a political climate where fascism and the far right, once seen as historical outliers, are on the rise and becoming increasingly mainstream, the terms used for them are being problematically applied and contested, and responses to them are largely top-down, security orientated and privilege perpetrators, Joan Braune’s Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements is a much needed intervention. The book is underpinned by philosophical insight, community engagement, activist experience, and anti-racist and anti-fascist principles and objectives. By doing so, it provides both an understanding of and response to fascism, and an important contribution to both the literature and fight. I highly recommend this book to scholars, students, and activists, as well as others trying to counter such movements.’Aaron Winter, Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism), Lancaster University, UK; author of "Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream" and editor of "Researching the Far Right: Theory, Method and Practice"Table of ContentsIntroduction 1.Void and Idol 2. Destruction and Rebirth 3. Steve Bannon’s Kali-Yuga 4. Limitations of the “Countering Extremism” Model Conclusion: From Void to Hope
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Ebury Publishing Auschwitz
Book SynopsisTHE SUNDAY TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER''Superb'' ANDREW ROBERTSIn this classic book, highly acclaimed author and broadcaster Laurence Rees tells the definitive history of the most notorious Nazi institution of them all. We discover how Auschwitz evolved from a concentration camp for Polish political prisoners into the site of the largest mass murder in history - part death camp, part concentration camp, where around a million Jews were killed. Auschwitz examines the mentality and motivations of the key Nazi decision makers, and perpetrators of appalling crimes speak here for the first time about their actions. Drawing on Rees''s landmark documentary and material from the Russian archives, which challenged many previously accepted arguments, this book reveals significant and disturbing facts - from the operation of a brothel to the corruption that was rife throughout the camp.This is the story of murder, brutality, coTrade ReviewThank God that occasionally books of the stature of Laurence Rees's superb Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution are published... Fascinating. * Evening Standard *Excellent * The Independent *A key to understanding man's inhumanity to man * The Guardian *Well-written with striking testimonies from bystanders, perpetrators and victims. The interviews with SS men, and sundry European Fascists, are genuinely revealing, and must have been exceptionally difficult to negotiate * Daily Telegraph *Devastating. Rees's research is impeccable and intrepid. Ultimately he does at the gut level what Hannah Arendt achieved some 40 years ago at the level of philosophy: he forces the reader to shift the Holocaust out of the realm of nightmare or Gothic horror and acknowledge it as something all too human. Scrupulous and honest, this book is utterly without illusions * Washington Post, USA *
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The History Press Ltd Hitlers Spy Princess
Book SynopsisHitler's Spy Princess
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Cambridge University Press Enemies of the People
Book SynopsisHow do terror and popularity merge under a dictatorship? How did the Gestapo deal with critics of Nazism? Based on hundreds of secret police case files, Enemies of the People explores the day-to-day reality of political policing under Hitler. Examining the Gestapo''s policy of ''selective enforcement'', J. Ryan Stackhouse challenges the abiding perception of the Gestapo as policing exclusively through terror. Instead, he reveals the complex system of enforcement that defined the relationship between state and society in the Third Reich and helps to explain the Germans'' abiding support for Hitler and their complicity in the regime''s crimes. Stories of everyday life in Nazi Germany paint the clearest picture yet of just how differently the Gestapo handled certain groups and actions, and the routine investigation, interrogation, and enforcement practices behind this system. Enemies of the People offers penetrating insights into just how reasonable selective enforcement appeared to GermTrade Review'Memorable and chilling. Stackhouse's eminently readable book offers fresh insights into political policing in Nazi Germany and helps us to better understand how the Gestapo's rule of terror worked.' Robert Gerwarth, University College Dublin'An eye-opening book about the tyranny of law, this archive-based account of violent policing in Nazi Germany adds considerably to our understanding of the Gestapo. Drawing on thousands of case files from a key government district, Stackhouse has written a regional history of 'selective enforcement.' Chock-a-block with fascinating detail, Enemies of the People illuminates brightly the local-and legal-origins of dictatorship.' Jens Meierhenrich, London School of Economics and Political Science'Stackhouse's focus on the Gestapo's 'selective enforcement' broadens our understanding of policing the Volksgemeinschaft and of the Nazi state. His impressive book also has much to say about visions of an 'authoritarian rule of law' in general and should be required reading.' Katrin Paehler, Illinois State University'This shows us how the Gestapo ruthlessly targeted political and 'racial' opponents but proceeded cautiously, even routinely, against reliable members of the 'people's community' accused of a crime-thereby ensuring broad support for Nazism while gradually hollowing out the rule of law. This unsettling study is a major achievement!' Dennis Sweeney, University of Alberta'Stackhouse's fascinating book demonstrates how frighteningly quickly the Nazis managed to exert control over a region in which the majority of people had not voted for them. The central insight is how easy it is for authoritarian rulers to set up sustainable regimes.' Thomas Weber, University of AberdeenTable of Contents1. National and Regional Foundations, 1933-1945; 2. Criminalizing Conversation, 1933-1934; 3. Defining Opposition, 1935-1939; 4. Discovering Offences, 1935-1943; 5. Confirming Culpability, 1935-1943; 6. Cooperation and Ascendancy, 1935-1939; 7. Principles of Internal Security, 1939-1942; 8. Enforcing People's Community, 1939-1942; 9. Total War Policing, 1943-1944; 10. Involving the Party, 1943-1944; 11. Death Throes.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Greece the Decade of War
Book SynopsisIn this book, acclaimed historian David Brewer investigates explores 1940s Greece -- one of the most tumultuous decades in Greece''s modern history. Beginning in 1941, the occupation of Greece by Germany was intensely brutal: children starved on the streets of Athens; the Jewish population was decimated in the Holocaust; heroic acts of resistance were met with vicious reprisals. When Greece was finally freed from Nazi rule in 1944, the fractured and embittered nation became engulfed in civil war, as conflict flared between the British and American-sponsored government and communist-led rebels. In Greece, The Decade of War, Brewer expertly analyses these events and in doing so provides a compelling military and political history.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue 1. The Albanian Gateway to Greece 2. Mussolini's War on Greece 3. The German Invasion 4. The Battle for Crete 5. The Occupation Begins 6. Hyperinflation and Starvation 7. The Emergence of the Communists 8. Early Resistance 9. SOE, the Andartes and Gorgopotamos 10. Village and City 11. The Destruction of the Jews 12. The Fractured Resistance 13. The Question of the King 14. The Cairo Conference, August 1943 15. The Italian Armistice and the First Communist Offensive 16. The Resistance in Crete 17. Upheaval in the Greek Government 18. Liberation 19. Towards Sunday December 3rd 1944 20. The Battle for Athens 21. Dhamaskinos, Churchill and the Varkiza Agreement 22. The Government, the Communists and the Elections 23. The Truman Doctrine 24. 1947 – Civil War and American Involvement 25. Terror from Left and Right 26. The Plight of the Greek Children 27. The Marshall Plan 28. The Ending of the Civil War Epilogue Chronology Notes Select Bibliography
£17.09
Amberley Publishing Holidays with Hitler
Book SynopsisHolidays with Hitler tells the story of how Germans spent their leisure time. It looks at consumerism, entertainment and travel in National Socialist Germany. Meticulously researched, this is a fascinating insight into everyday life under the Nazi regime.
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Arcturus Publishing Ltd The Hitler Youth
Book SynopsisThe Hitler Youth was founded in 1922 as the youth organisation of the German Nazi Party in Germany. After Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, the organisation gained importance as a route to indoctrinating German youth with the ideals espoused by the Nazis. As war approached it became partially a paramilitary organisation and as war broke out and Germany came under greater pressure, many very young boys saw military action, fighting and dying for the country. Featuring contemporary photographs, The Hitler Youth tells the story of the origins of the movement in more innocent aims, and how its aims morphed over time to become a powerful way to disseminate Nazi ideas to an undiscerning audience.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the
Book SynopsisThe world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for them? This incisive new book traces the long history of far-right environmentalism and explores how it is adapting to the contemporary world. It argues that the extreme right, after years of denying the reality of climate change, are now showing serious signs of reversing their strategy. A new generation of far-right activists has realized that impending environmental catastrophe represents their best chance yet for a return to relevance. In reality, however, their noxious blend of conspiracy, hatred and violence is no solution at all: it is the ‘eco-socialism of fools’. Only a real commitment to climate justice can save us and stop the far right in its tracks. No-one interested in the struggle against right-wing extremism and the crusade for climate justice can afford to miss this trenchant critique of burgeoning ecofascism.Trade Review“An urgent and comprehensive survey of the risks generated by the nature politics of today's far right – and how to fight them.”Paul Mason, author of How to Stop Fascism “Since the attacks in Christchurch and El Paso in 2019, public discussion of ecofascism has become more urgent than ever. This book adds substantially to our understanding of a challenging subject through critical examination of rapidly evolving environmental politics on the far right.”Peter Staudenmaier, co-author of Ecofascism: Lessons from the German Experience “Essential reading for anyone concerned with politics in a warming world.”Andreas Malm, co-author of White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism“The book ranges widely […], from individual terrorists and the fringes of the internet to main stream political parties.”Adam Weymouth, Resurgence & Ecologist“a captivating and important read.”International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A History of Far-Right Ecologism 2. The far right and nature now 3. Online far-right ecologism and far-right movements 4. Deadly Ecofascist Violence 5. Towards Ecofascism Proper? Notes
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Manchester University Press Visualising Far-Right Environments: Communication
Book SynopsisThis volume presents ground-breaking analyses of how the far right represents natural environments and environmentalism around the globe. Images are not simply pervasive in our increasingly visual culture – they are a means of proposing worlds to viewers. Accordingly, the book approaches the visual not as something ‘extra’ or ‘illustrative’ but as a key means of producing identities and ‘doing politics’. Putting visuality centre stage and covering political parties and non-party actors in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and the United States, contributors demonstrate the various ways in which the far right articulates natural environments and the rampant environmental crises of the twenty-first century, providing essential insights into such multifaceted politics.Trade Review‘In the growing literature on the far right and the environment, too few works centre the visual politics that are so integral to extremist appeals. Forchtner and his collaborators work to address this lacuna. Novel in its focus, global in its scope, and rigorous in its analysis, Visualising far-right environments makes a necessary and compelling contribution to our understanding of the far right today.’ John Hultgren, Bennington College‘A welcome, timely, and original contribution. This set of diverse global case studies richly analyzes the evergreen appeal of environmental and ecological claims—and their visual representations—to burgeoning far right movements around the world. An essential read.’ Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Founding Director of the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at the American University in Washington, DC -- .Table of ContentsStudying the far right’s natural environments: towards a visual turn – Bernhard Forchtner 1 Right as rain: affective publics and the changing visual rhetoric of the far right in South Africa – Scott Burnett 2 The exclusivist claims of Pacific ecofascists: visual environmental communication by far-right groups in Australia and New Zealand – Kristy Campion and Justin Phillips 3 The National Socialist Movement of the United States and the turn to environmentalism: greenfingers or brownshirts? – Daniel Jones 4 The environmental semiotics of the Spanish far-right populism: Vox’s visual rhetoric strategies online – Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero 5 Purity and control: gender and visual environmental communication by the extreme right in Cyprus – Miranda Christou 6 The new Russian civilisation: Arctic fossil fuels, white masculinity, and the neo-fascist visual politics of the Izborskii Club – Sonja Pietiläinen 7 Not so green after all: visual representation of green issues by the far-right Kotlebovci – People’s Party Our Slovakia – Radka Vicenová, Veronika Oravcová and Matúš Mišík 8 From metapolitics to electoral communication: visualising ‘nature’ in the French far right – Zoé Carle 9 The murky world of ideologies: the (un)troubling overlaps in visual communication between Hungarian greens and far-right ecologists – Balša Lubarda 10 Homeland, cows and climate change: the visualisation of environmental issues by the far right in India – Mukul Sharma 11 Double vision: local environment and global climate change through the German far-right lens – Bernhard Forchtner and Jonathan Olsen 12 Talking heads and contrarian graphs: televising the Swedish far right’s climate denialism – Kjell Vowles 13 The (paranoid) style of American climate politics: a comparative visual rhetoric analysis of web design by far-right and left conspiracists in the United States – Lauren Cagle Looking back, looking forward: some preliminary conclusions on the far right’s visualisation of its natural environments – Bernhard Forchtner Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd German Military and the Weimar Republic: General
Book SynopsisGeneral Hans von Seekt (1866-1936) was the military counterpart of the Weimar Republic, both attempted to restore Germany's international acceptance and security following defeat in World War I and the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. And the failure of both led eventually to the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Hans von Seekt was from the traditional German officer caste, served with distinction on the war and became Chief of the Army Command at the Reichewehr Ministry of the Weimar Republic and Germany's 'supreme soldier'and major military strategist. His role was to re-build the shattered German army in face of the punitive terms of post-war settlement imposed by the victorious Entente Powers which drastically reduced its strength and imposed crippling financial conditions. He aimed to build a modern and efficient military - a new German army - with a main strategy of peaceful defence purposes, and to re-introduce Germany into the community of nations. This original and far-sighted policy was opposed by the movement seeking revenge for defeat - a 'stab in the back' - led principally by his rival, General Erich Ludendorff, whose aim was re-build the once-mighty German imperial army as a major international force. The failure of von Seekt's experiment was mirrored by the fall of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany.
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Oneworld Publications Priests de la Resistance!: The loose canons who
Book Synopsis‘A hugely enjoyable, eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil.’ Observer ‘Comedy and tragedy run side by side… Bracing and lively.’ The Times ‘An admiring study of priests and ministers who have put their lives on the line.’ BBC History Magazine Who says you can't fight fascism in a cassock? Wherever fascism has taken root, it has met with resistance. From taking a bullet for a frightened schoolgirl in Alabama to saving Greek Jews from extermination by way of fake IDs, each of the fifteen hard-drinking, chain-smoking clerics featured in this book were willing to risk their lives for what they believed.Trade Review‘Fascinating…full of stories you may not know but which need to be heard’ -- Spectator, BOOKS OF THE YEAR‘This winter’s best title is Fergus Butler-Gallie’s work on wartime heroics by the clergy.’ -- Patrick Kidd, The Times‘A timely and uplifting book… An hugely enjoyable if slightly eccentric account of clerical heroism in the face of evil… [Butler-Gallie] achieves an inspiring effect through the sheer cumulative impact of so many brave decisions.’ -- Julian Coman, Observer‘… this book is a gripping story of bravery, derring-do and cunning in the face of Fascism… vividly told tales of 15 people who became caught up in the struggles against Fascism in Europe in the 1930s’ * Tablet *’15 short, engaging essays… The reverend is a good writer with a light touch, and a natural storyteller.’ -- New Statesman‘… it is refreshing to read an unashamedly admiring study of priests and ministers who have put their lives on the line… readable and moving.' -- BBC History Magazine‘Here the Reverend Butler-Gallie wittily profiles 15 “loose cannons” who stood up against fascism’. -- Strong Words‘Butler-Gallie serves them and their stories well with background information, a fluent narrative style, and a fine eye for the quirky and telling personal or historical detail.’ -- Church Times'As entertaining as it is erudite, this enthralling anthology presents a cornucopia of quirky, courageous Fascist-fighting clerics.' -- LoveReading‘A field guide to 20th-century priests, monks and nuns from all over the world who were prepared to die for their faith and to die saving others... He proves it true that comedy and tragedy run side by side, and that some of the most unlikely people turn out to be saints and martyrs... Bracing and lively.’ * The Times *‘Deserves a wide readership. It could be argued that it took allegiance to a higher power than secular Messiahs to support resistance to the most hateful regimes of the 20th Century.’ * Church of England Newspaper *5* review: ‘a joyful and funny book, about some fascinating, brave and at times eccentric characters, who did what was right because it was right, regardless of the potential personal cost… I was left wanting to know more about all of them.’ -- Sorted‘The history of Christianity during World War II is not pretty, as many leading Church figures collaborated with the Nazis and gave succour to anti-Semitism. A handful of religious people stood tall and met the challenge – the little-known men and women vividly described in these fascinating pages opposed both fascism and religious authority to fight the true good fight. If only there had been more like them!’ -- Matthew Cobb, author of The ResistancePraise for A Field Guide to the English Clergy: ‘A group biography of ecclesiastical nuttiness… All gloriously mad.' The Times, Books of the Year 2018 ‘Eye-popping tales of lunacy, debauchery and depravity…Butler-Gallie knows whereof he writes, being a curate himself, and he has done a splendid job presenting a smorgasbord of most peculiar parsons.' Sebastian Shakespeare, Daily Mail ‘We have…always kept a special haven for oddballs in the Church of England, as Fergus Butler-Gallie demonstrates in this entertaining compendium…Their foibles cover all bases from absentmindedness to epic drunkenness…I'm glad I read this one. It's a lot of fun.' The Times ‘Entertainingly erudite…But it is also a surprisingly profound work…For all its mischief, Butler-Gallie's work of lightly worn erudition is a paean to a great English institution, finely tuned to the temper of its representatives, good, bad and indifferent. We should treasure it more.' Literary Review ‘A humorous compendium of some of the oddball clergy who have served the Church over the centuries...These thumbnail portraits reveal a very broad church indeed.' New Statesman ‘The Church of England has produced some real oddballs in its time, and this is an entertaining gallop through several centuries' worth of them…Butler-Gallie has done his homework, digging out some rare gems…This is the story not just of eccentrics, but also of a leisured age that is no more.' Harry Mount, Spectator ‘Wonderfully entertaining…A hilarious yet thoughtful reminder that the Christian faith wasn't always thought incompatible with a sense of humour or a healthy bolshiness.' Sunday Times ‘It may have the makings of a modern classic…Butler-Gallie chronicles not just Anglican follies, but also human weaknesses which we all share and with which we can perhaps sympathise.' The Catholic Herald ‘This is a ridiculously enjoyable book: funny, compassionate, and wonderfully well-written.' Tom Holland ‘A delightful, sympathetic, humorous and earthed cocktail of quirky English clergy.' The Rt Revd David Wilbourne
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World Scientific Europe Ltd Right-wing Violence In The Western World Since
Book SynopsisRight-wing violence is undergoing a revival on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, much of this violence has been a backlash against migrants and their offspring carried out by 'lone wolves' and organized groups. In the United States, race, gender, and religious hatreds have triggered far more than 'normal' levels of violence, including a resurgence of attacks on Jews and other anti-Semitic behavior. Examining the contours of the current violence, this book traces the development of the right-wing in the decades following the end of World War II.Right-Wing Violence in the Western World Since World War II considers right-wing violence during the postwar era, from the collapse of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to the mid-1950s alongside the right-wing sociological and political influences inherited before WWII. This chapter is followed by an overview of the right-wing in North America and Europe from the '60s onwards into the digital age. The book concludes with a timely and balanced assessment of 'the canary in the coal mine' for liberal democracy.
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Canelo Hitler's Secret War: The Nazi Espionage Campaign
Book SynopsisIn the shadows was another war… An unputdownable account of the Nazi spy operation and how it ultimately failedDuring the Second World War there was, behind the scenes, a bitter conflict was stamped ‘Top Secret’. It was a war of infiltration and misdirection, espionage and assassination. And the Nazis were determined not to let anyone best them.Revealing the full extent of Nazi’s secret intelligence networks, bestselling author Charles Whiting takes the reader into organisations like the Abwehr, Germany’s renowned military intelligence bureau, and features interviews with key figures like such key figures as Giskes, who fooled the Americans at the Battle of the Bulge, and Ritter, who stole the highly classified US Norden bombsights. There are accounts of hubris, heroism and cowardice; stunning triumphs and excruciating defeats, all out of the public eye and revealed only decades later.Over a period of thirty years, Whiting met and interviewed a huge number of Nazi and Allied survivors involved in what came to be known as ‘The War in the Shadows’. The result is an extraordinary and gripping story combining great cunning with staggering incompetence.Perfect for readers of Ben Macintyre and Max Hastings, Hitler’s Secret War outdoes the best spy novel and demonstrates yet again that fiction cannot rival history.
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Oneworld Publications The Carnation Revolution
Book SynopsisA new history of the Portugal's Carnation Revolution on its fiftieth anniversary
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The History Press Ltd Slaughter at Halbe
Book SynopsisOperation ''Berlin'', the Soviet offensive launched on 16 April, 1945, by Marshals Zhukov and Koniev, isolated the German Ninth Army and tens of thousands of refugees in the Spreewald ''pocket'', south-east of Berlin. Stalin ordered its encirclement and destruction and his subordinates, eager to win the race to the Reichstag, pushed General Busse''s 9th Army into a tiny area east of the village of Halbe. To escape the Spreewald pocket, the remnants of 9th Army had to pass through Halbe, where barricades constructed by both sides formed formidable obstacles and the converging Soviet forces subjected the area to heavy artillery fire. By the time 9th Army eventually escaped the Soviet pincers, it had suffered 40,000 killed and 60,000 taken prisoner. Teenaged refugees recount their experiences alongside Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS veterans attempting to maintain military discipline amid the chaos and carnage of headlong retreat. While army commanders strive to extricate their decimat
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Z Generation: Into the Heart of Russia's Fascist
Book SynopsisHow did Vladimir Putin win Russians’ support for his genocidal war in Ukraine and why are so many of them willing to embrace fascism? This vivid, bottom-up narrative reveals the dark realities of youth fascism in Russia—and the darker future awaiting the country if that hold cannot be broken. Wartime Russia is drowning in fascist symbols. Zealous patriots attack journalists, opposition activists, and anyone suspected of betraying the motherland. Hordes of online trolls and sleek videos of angry young men urge citizens to join the cause. State television terrifies viewers with false tales of anti-Russian conspiracies and genocidal yearnings. Child soldiers proudly parade across Red Square. This is Russia in the 2020s: a land of performative rage and nationalist untruth, where pretence and broken promises are a way of life, and an apocalyptic mindset is seizing tomorrow’s Russians. As compelling as it is chilling, Z Generation shows how Russia has ended up here, and where its young people may be headed: a fascist generation more violent and ideological than anything the country has seen before.Trade Review'A chilling investigation into the widespread support for the violence and ideology of fascism among Russia’s youth — and how Putin has used this to his advantage.' * Financial Times *'An incandescent indictment of [Putin's] regime... Garner writes with dash and panache, and pulls no punches as he rips through the evolution of the Putin regime.' -- The Sunday Times'A brilliantly detailed portrait of the ideological and cultural atmosphere engineered by the Russian state, media and Church... a chilling and essential book.' -- Times Literary Supplement'A chilling and eye-opening primer on how the Kremlin is cultivating a new generation of foot soldiers who will ensure that its ugly ideology survives even if the current regime falls.' -- The Moscow Times‘[A] chilling exposé.’ -- Airmail'Astutely examines Russian youth's growing embrace of fascism.' -- Prospect'Dissects the state's efforts to reshape the minds of Russia's young people.' -- New Lines Magazine‘A readable and disturbing account of the militarisation of Russia’s youth.’ -- The House Magazine'['Z Generation'] is invaluable to understanding how the conflict may well progress.' -- Diplomatic Courier, '15 Books to Look Forward to in 2023''Ian Garner has produced a brilliant and chilling investigation. He meticulously details how extraordinary levels of hate permeate a large section of the under-30s, who came of age under Putin's tutelage. No one can finish this book and still believe the invasion of Ukraine was just the fault of one bad guy in the Kremlin. As Garner so expertly shows, whatever happens in the war, we will be dealing with the consequences of Russian fascism for years to come.' -- Nick Cohen, Observer columnist and author‘A deeply disturbing, anecdotal exploration of the rise of fascism in Russia.’ -- Diplomatic Courier'Z Generation provides an excellent survey of the hateful content and deluded worldview of an increasingly mainstream fascism in Russia.' -- CHOICE'A forensic and grippingly-told examination of the descent of Russian youth into state-encouraged violent fascism. Garner makes the reader understand both the scale of the problem, and that it is one we will be facing for decades to come.' -- David Patrikarakos, author of 'War in 140 Characters: How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict in the Twenty-First Century''An unflinching and essential portrayal of the Putler Jugend with all its paradoxes and sadism.' -- Peter Pomerantsev, author of 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia''If you thought Putin's Russia was an ideology-free kleptocracy and most Russians are ashamed of or opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, read Ian Garner's gripping historical-cultural analysis of the descent of a portion of Russia's youth into fascist euphoria in support of their country's illegal invasion of Ukraine.' -- Maria Popova, Associate Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair, McGill University'What do young Russians think about their country, Putin and the world? Why do many tech-savvy, successful and well-educated young Russians support their country's invasion of Ukraine? Combining personal observations and academic research, this provocative book addresses questions crucial for understanding Russia's past, present and future.' -- Eugene Finkel, Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and editor of 'Coloured Revolutions and Authoritarian Reactions''Ian Garner's exceptional book deals with its subject matter--the growth of Russian fascism--in a way that is multifaceted and nuanced, but also clear-sighted about the threat it poses to Russia's neighbours, the liberal international order and Russia itself.' -- Mart Kuldkepp, Associate Professor of Scandinavian History and Politics, University College London
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Penguin Books Ltd Francis War
Book SynopsisDiscover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds''Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope. Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a stand-out memoir'' Daily Express ''A story that needs to be heard'' 5***** Reader Review ______ In 1942 Franci Epstein, a young Jewish woman, was imprisoned in Terezin, a concentration camp close to her home in Prague. Few could expect anything other than death. But for Franci it was the start of a journey that would take her into the very heart of Nazi genocide. Through a combination of guile, ingenuity, endurance and sheer bloody mindedness, Franci survived not one but five death camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. In this astonishing memoir, unpublished for 50 years, Franci lays bare the appalling sacrifices she and other women had to Trade ReviewFranci's story is a testament to the human spirit . . . a mesmerising read * Jewish Chronicle *The extraordinary true story of the girl who survived the holocaust against all of the odds . . . In this astonishing memoir, she lays bare the appalling sacrifices she and other women had to make to survive * Eastern Daily Press *Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope . . . Deserves the status both as a valuable historical source and as a stand-out memoir * Daily Express *First-hand accounts of life in Nazi death camps never lose their terrible power but few are as extraordinary as Franci's War * Mail on Sunday *
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HarperCollins Publishers The Gallery of Miracles and Madness Insanity Art
Book SynopsisA riveting tale, brilliantly told'' Philippe SandsThe little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill.In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works byschizophrenic patients that would astonish and delight the world.The Prinzhorn collection, as it was called, inspired a new generation of artists, including Paul Klee, Max Ernst and Salvador Dali. What the doctor could not have known, however, was that these works would later be used to prepare the ground for mass-murder.Soon after his rise to power, Hitlera failed artist of the old schooldeclared war on modern art. The Nazis staged giant Degenerate Art' shows to ridicule the avant-garde, and seized and destroyed the cream of Germany''s modern art collections. This action was mere preparation, however, for the even more sinister campaign Hitler would later wage against so-called degenerate people, and Prinzhorn''s artists were caught upin bTrade Review‘A superbly told story of worlds colliding …There’s so much that’s wonderful about this book; it’s hard to know where to start heaping praise. It is by turns intriguing, tragic, horrifying and occasionally funny’The Times ‘English has written a terrific book, taut and thematic … As beautiful as it is bleak’Guardian ‘Engrossing …The work of these artists, much of which miraculously survived the war, lives on as testament to the variety of human experience, and of ways to communicate what it feels like to be alive’Economist ‘Compelling … The twin strands of Hitler’s thinking on art and racial purity draw remorselessly together … Memorable’Literary Review ‘A riveting tale, brilliantly told'Philippe Sands ‘A fascinating new book’Daily Mail ‘Fascinating … Journalist English unpacks Hitler’s mad campaign against mentally ill artists … English’s story feels strikingly relevant. While shedding new light on this piece of history, English also provides a cautionary tale for the future’Publishers Weekly ‘An extraordinary, deeply researched work which is a testament to the Prinzhorn artists’The Tablet ‘Perhaps only in 1920s Weimar Germany where expressionism and dadaism were exploring the dark sides of sex and fantasy could the art of the mentally ill first get its due. And perhaps only in Germany could the story Charlie English tells so well have ended in such horror. English takes us through uncharted artistic waters in a narrative of great humanity: a gripping journey into art, madness and modern history’Jonathan Jones, author of Sensations ‘Dazzling … This poignant narrative centres on the complicated psychiatrist Hans Prizhorn and the eccentric patient artists whose work helped usher in a new epoch of the modernist avant-garde only to become fodder for Hitler's hateful ideology of “degeneration”. Richly wrought, and deeply researched’Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire
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Vintage Publishing The Bughouse
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary book of real passionate research' Edmund de WaalIn 1945, Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. But before the trial could take place Pound was pronounced insane. Escaping a potential death sentence he was shipped off to St Elizabeths Hospital near Washington, DC, where he was held for over a decade. At the hospital, Pound was at his most contradictory and most controversial: a genius writer The most important living poet in the English language' according to T. S. Eliot but also a traitor and now, seemingly, a madman. But he remained a magnetic figure. Eliot, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell and John Berryman all went to visit him at what was perhaps the world's most unorthodox literary salon: convened by a fascist and held in a lunatic asylum. Told through the eyes of his illustrious visitors, The Bughouse captures the essence of Pound the artistic flaiTrade ReviewIt is Swift’s considerable achievement sympathetically to examine an extraordinary, often troubling, tale...an enthralling narrative -- Robert McCrum * Observer *An extraordinary book of real passionate research which keeps surprising and illuminating by turns. -- Edmund de WaalLively and searching… He has an engaging authorial presence and his own hesitations and uncertainties about Ezra Pound, both as poet and personality, lend a certain tension and a pleasing piquancy to his narrative -- Eric Ormsby * Times Literary Supplement *Swift is a sensitive and thoughtful reader of both poetry and human psychology... The Bughouse is also a kind of immersive adventure journalism, in which he retraces Pound's steps and tries to unearth new details about his life -- Adam Kirsch * New Statesman *To understand an artist as compromised by circumstances – and by his own many contradictions – as Ezra Pound, we have to trace a complex path through a maze of half-truths, myth, and simplification. The Bughouse does so with supreme care, critical acumen, and humanity, shedding a whole new light not only on Pound the man, but also on the shape and character of The Cantos, one of the most seriously flawed and truly brilliant artworks of the twentieth century -- John BurnsideA wonderful portrait of Ezra Pound in all his moods - mad, bad and blindingly sane. -- A. AlvarezSwift does a fine job of allowing Pound’s many contradictions to stay in place and reminds us, too, that 45 years after his death there are plenty of contradictions left in the people who admire him -- James Walton * Daily Mail *It is a tribute to the brightness of The Bughouse that Swift has revived my interest in the old monster -- Roger Lewis * The Times *Swift’s strength is his refusal to separate Pound’s writings from the issues of Fascism and insanity... Sharp-eyed and pacey...it highlights memorably the tangled relations between lunatic, lover and poet -- Robert Crawford * Literary Review *[A] remarkable study of [Ezra Pound’s] fertile afterlife -- Suzi Feay * Financial Times *At the heart of this books lies a fascinating debate about poets and society -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *A powerful and very talented writer…dashing and arresting…the greatness in his subject shines through every dark corner -- Peter Craven * Sydney Review of Books *Swift admits that he cannot pin his elusive subject down, but there is no need. By following his instinct he has allowed the poet, with his ‘shifting self-narration’, to lead the way in this marvellous evocation. -- Philippa Williams * The Lady *American poet Ezra Pound… proves an elusive but fascinating subject in this non-linear, impressionistic biography -- Juanita Coulson * Lady *
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Penguin Books Ltd Hitler
Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan SimmsAdolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms''s major new biography shows, Hitler''s main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism, but that of international capitalism and Anglo-America. These two fears drove both his anti-semitism and his determination to secure the ''living space'' necessary to survive in a world dominated by the British Empire and the United States. Drawing on new sources, Brendan Simms traces the way in which Hitler''s ideology emerged after the First World War. The United States and the British Empire were, in his view, models for Germany''s own empire, similarly founded on appropriation of land, racism anTrade Review[Hitler] challenges some of our longstanding ideas about the man who ruled Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945 ... Highly provocative. -- Robert Gerwarth * Financial Times *If many Hitler books are scarcely worth reading, this one commands attention through its originality and sheer intelligence ... A thoroughly thought-provoking, stimulating biography which all historians of the Third Reich will have to take seriously. -- Richard Overy * Irish Times *Casts new light on the dictator ... Crisp, well-written, extensively researched ... A valuable contribution. -- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *[Simms] builds on previous scholarship to make a bold thesis - that Hitler's principal obsession was not communism but rather 'Anglo-America' and global capitalism ... A vigorous, original study that adds to the ongoing scholarship. * Kirkus *A radically new assessment of the Fuhrer's world view and the motivation for his plunging the world into a terminal struggle for survival. * Daily Mail *Impressive and intriguing ... By drawing our attention to the centrality of historical emigration to Hitler's racial vision of a Great Germany, Simms adds a new dimension to our understanding of the thinking that drove history's most notorious figure. Crisply written and well-researched, there is much in this book that enlightens and stimulates. * The Interpreter *Compelling and original. -- Christopher Clark * London Review of Books *Essential reading. -- Christopher Bray * The Tablet *Simms ... challeng[es] much recent scholarship ... A preoccupation with Anglo-American capitalism, he contends, drove the Third Reich's ideology in its formative years, more than the oft-cited obsession with Bolshevism ... He has made sound use of the Bavarian archives. * The Observer *Hitler: Only The World Was Enough is modern political history at its very best: thorough, impeccably well researched, and opinionated without descending into histrionics. The Dublin-Cambridge historian writes with authority, flare, style and convincing conviction - consistently favouring thematic analysis over the simple retelling of facts. -- JP O'Malley * Irish Independent *
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Oxford University Press The Oxford History of the Third Reich
Book SynopsisHistories you can trust.At age thirty in 1919, Adolf Hitler had no accomplishments. He was a rootless loner, a corporal in a shattered army, without money or prospects. A little more than twenty years later, in autumn 1941, he directed his dynamic forces against the Soviet Union, and in December, the Germans were at the gates of Moscow and Leningrad. At that moment, Hitler appeared however briefly to be the most powerful ruler on the planet. Given this dramatic turn of events, it is little wonder that since 1945 generations of historians keep trying to explain how it all happened.This rich history provides a readable and fresh approach to the complex history of the Third Reich, from the coming to power of the Nazis in 1933 to the final collapse in 1945, distilling our ideas about the period and providing a balanced and accessible account of the whole era.Trade ReviewHaving assembled an impressive group of experts, the volume proceeds thematically to address almost every aspect of the Third Reich. All ten chapters are well informed by contemporary scholarship but accessible to a lay audience. Politics, culture, war, society, and economy all receive their due. * Robert Dassanowsky, Journal of Modern History *While focusing on various aspects of the Nazi years, all the writers effectively highlight the brutality of the regime toward its internal and external enemies. For a reader who wishes to choose one source to learn about the Third Reich this book is a good choice. * Paul Bookbinder, European History Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Matthew Stibbe: The Weimar Republic and the Rise of National Socialism 2: Hermann Beck: The Nazi 'Seizure of Power' 3: Hedwig Richter and Ralph Jessen: Elections, Plebiscites, and Festivals 4: Jonathan Petropoulos: Architecture and the Arts 5: David F. Crew: Photography and Cinema 6: Peter Hayes: The Economy 7: Omer Bartov: The Holocaust 8: Dieter Pohl: War and Empire 9: Julia S. Torrie: The Home Front 10: Robert Gellately: Decline and Collapse Further Reading Index
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Oxford University Press GoBetweens for Hitler
Book SynopsisThis is the untold story of how some of Germany''s top aristocrats contributed to Hitler''s secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe -- especially in Britain, where their contacts included the press baron and Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere and the future King Edward VIII. Using previously unexplored sources from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the USA, Karina Urbach unravels the story of top-level go-betweens such as the Duke of Coburg, grandson of Queen Victoria, and the seductive Stephanie von Hohenlohe, who rose from a life of poverty in Vienna to become a princess and an intimate of Adolf Hitler. As Urbach shows, Coburg and other senior aristocrats were tasked with some of Germany''s most secret foreign policy missions from the First World War onwards, culminating in their role as Hitler''s trusted go-betweens, as he readied Germany for conflict during the 1930s -- and latTrade ReviewA fascinating page-turner about Hitler's secret diplomacy in the 1930s, which was intended to secure British amity and then neutrality when he led Germany to war ... Urbach combed her way through archives across Europe to construct this image of a decaying aristocracy using their connections in the cultivation of appeasers in Britain. They were not without influence. * Lawrence Goldman, Books of the Year 2015, History Today *[An] excellent book... Urbach has alighted upon a little studied and rather fascinating phenomenon; that of the aristocratic amateur ambassador, the titled back-stairs diplomatist. * The Times, Roger Moorehouse *Just when one thinks every possible aspect of this war has been covered, along comes a surprise. Such is Karina Urbach's highly original new book, Go-Betweens for Hitler... an unsurpassable work on this intriguing subject. * Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer *engrossing and well-researched * Richard J Evans, London Review of Books *Urbach has written a book that is as stimulating as it is entertaining, and one which deserves a wide readership. * Christopher Dowe, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *To be sure, Go Betweens For Hitler may essentially be based within the parameters of a scholarly undertaking, but it almost reads like that of a John Le Carre or Robert Littell novel. In and of itself, this speaks volumes. * David Marx, Book Reviews *From peace-feelers in the First World War to appeasers on the eve of the Second World War, this unique book makes fascinating reading * Coryne Hall, European Royal History Journal *Table of ContentsPART I: GO-BETWEENS BEFORE HITLER; PART II: HITLER'S GO-BETWEENS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; ARCHIVES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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SPCK Publishing TwiceRescued Child The boy who fled the Nazis
Book SynopsisThe story of Thomas Graumann, rescued first as a child from the Nazis and then a second time when he gave his life to Christ. It would be the start of a lifelong mission.Trade ReviewMoving and inspiring! Twice-Rescued Child shows how one person’s actions can ripple through time. Rescued from the Holocaust by the principled courage of one man and the sacrificial love of his mother, Thomas Graumann was again rescued through faith in Christ—and dedicated his life to missions. Tricia Goyer recounts the amazing life of this incredible man. Not to be missed! * Sarah Sundin, best-selling and award-winning author of The Sea Before Us and The Sky Above Us *"Poignant. Powerful. Achingly real. Twice-Rescued Child is a portrait of suffering and surrender that beckons the reader to examine his or her heart, and ask: ‘Where is God in the midst of darkness?’ From escaping the reach of Hitler’s death camps and surviving the depths of grief and loss in a post-war world, to a fully surrendered life in worldwide missions, Thomas Graumann recounts his life experiences with authenticity, wisdom, and uncommon depth. Holocaust historians will find value in the journey, as will those contemplating the call to ministry— anyone ready to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with a broken world." -- Kristy Cambron, bestselling author of The Butterfly and the Violin and the Lost Castles series"Open the pages of the Twice-Rescued Child and you will be swept into an intimate, first-person account of a Czech Jew who was rescued via the Kindertransport during the early days of the Second World War. His story is told in a way that feels like you’re sharing coffee with him, hunched over a small table; you will see the war through a child’s eyes, feel his confusion and experience each emotion with him. It’s a simple story of a complex time that demonstrates the miracle of being rescued not just once but twice." -- Cara Putman, ECPA bestselling and award-winning author of Shadowed by Grace and Imperfect Justice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fascists in Exile
Book SynopsisFascists in Exile tells the extraordinary story of the war criminals, collaborators and fascist ultranationalists who were resettled in Australia by the International Refugee Organisation between 1947 and 1952. It explores the far-right backgrounds and continuing political activism of these displaced persons in Australia, adding to our knowledge of the development of Australian anti-communism in the 1950s. These individuals argued that they had been caught between National Socialism and Soviet communism. What might that have meant for their migration and resettlement trajectories? Beyond âNazi-hunting,â what can this tell us about the challenge they posed to international and national forms, both in Europe and in Australia? This book demonstrates that fascist ideation could not only survive the warâs end but that it continued to be transnational and transcultural. At the same time, anti-fascist protests and then the war crimes investigations of the late 1980s exposed problematic pasts, a legacy with which Australia is still reckoning. The text will appeal to those with an interest in the far right, Australian migration and refugee issues. Trade Review“Jayne Persian’s book provides a gripping narrative of how war criminals entered Australia after 1945 and the lengthy debates that ensued. Sadly, as fascist ideologies spread once again, Persian’s searching account of Australia’s war crimes programme is both timely and instructive.”Martin Dean, War Crimes Historian “Jayne Persian vividly recounts the post-1945 resettlement of Displaced Persons including individuals who managed to conceal their wartime collaboration and complicity in war crimes. She reflects on the legacy of concealment and subsequent fitful attempts to prosecute when, decades later, the Australian government ceased turning a blind eye. Her book is a notable achievement and deserves to be widely read.”Peter Gatrell, Professor, University of Manchester, UK“Given the passage of time, one would have expected that World War II would have been confined to the dustbin of history. Yet, given the re-emergence of European fascist organisations, together with the increase of antisemitism, Jayne Persian’s new book, Fascists in Exile, is an important and timely publication. As recently demonstrated, the Croatian Ustase is alive and well in Australia. Persian’s concise account of the post-war Australian migration policies through the International Refugee Organisation sheds light on the origins of these fascist movements in Australia. It is a valuable, timely and important contribution to the literature.”Suzanne Rutland, Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney, Australia“An important book that, on the basis of solid archival work, clearly and fairmindedly illuminates a key aspect of the history of the Right in Australia in the second half of the twentieth century. This is the story of migrants from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union whose participation in Nazi war crimes in the Second World War, at first largely concealed from Australian view, were finally after decades subject to (unsuccessful) prosecution. But it is also the story of how the migrants’ anti-communist and anti-Soviet concerns, notably in the “Captive Nations” movement, impacted Australian anti-communism and thus helped to shape Australian politics”Sheila Fitzpatrick, Professor, Australian Catholic University, AustraliaTable of ContentsIntroduction Prologue: War Criminals, Collaborators, Quislings and Traitors 1. Screening for War Criminals: UNRRA and the IRO 2. Australian Migration Selection Policies and Processes 3. Anti-Fascist Protests 4. The ‘Whole Exiles’ Set-up in Australia 5. War Crimes Investigations Conclusion
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Princeton University Press Hitlers American Model
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 – Economic, Social, and Environment / Finance"
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The History Press Ltd Wolfs Lair
Book SynopsisThe Wolf''s Lair was the most important German command post building during the Second World War. Orders sent from these secret headquarters would play a massive part in the outcome of the War.Ian Baxter looks in to the inner workings of Hitler''s headquarters, highlighting the decisions that were made and analysing how they came about. Baxter not only utilises published works, unpublished records, military documents and archives on the subject, but also digs deep into the contemporary writings of Hitler''s closest personal staff, seeking to disentangle the truth through letters written by wives, friends, adjutants, private secretaries, physicians, and of course his military staff.Baxter extensively examines life within the Fuhrerhauptquartiere, where from behind closed doors, inside the claustrophobic atmosphere of the bunkers Hitler planned and gossiped with his associates. However, as defeat loomed, Hitler surrounded himself not with his intimate circle of friends, but what he considered were illiterate soldiers. Baxter shows how Hitler''s contempt for his war staff grew. It describes, during the onset of the traumatic German military reverses in Russia, how Hitler stood unbowed in the face of the enemy, and how he tried to infuse determination into his generals and friends, despite his rapid deterioration in health.
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Liverpool University Press Nazism 19191945 Volume 3
Book SynopsisThis is a new edition of Volume Three of the four volume collection of documents on Nazism 1919-1945, with substantial revisions to three chapters and the inclusion of many new documents, an index and a revised bibliography.Table of Contents Contents Preface 25 Hitler's Foreign Policy 'Programme' 26 The Regime and the Armed Forces 1933-36 27 German Foreign Policy 1933-1937 28 German Foreign Policy 1938-1939: The Road to War 29 The Successful Blitzkriege 1939-1940 30 Strategic Vacillation, June-December 1940 31 From Blitzkreig to World War: January-December 32 The Turning Point 1942-1943 33 The Road to Defeat 1943-1945 34 The Nazi Empire 35 The German Occupation of Poland 36 The 'Euthanasia' Programme 1939-1945 37 The Persecution of the Jews 1939-1941 38 The Transition to the Systematic Extermination of the Jews 1941-1942 39 The Extermination Camps Maps List of Sources Selective Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Metapolitics Algorithms and Violence
Book SynopsisMetapolitics, Algorithms and Violence argues that we need a more finegrained approach to understand contemporary far-right violence an approach that takes language and cultural production in a digital economy seriously. This book underlines the importance of socio-political, economic, historical and technological context in understanding the rise of the new right. More concretely, based on a digital ethnographic approach, it argues that we should understand this violence and the contemporary rise of new far-right practices and actors in relation to the theoretical renewal of La Nouvelle Droite' in the 20th century; the democratization' of new right metapolitics in the 21st century as a result of the rise of digital media; and the development of a layered, transnational and polycentric new right cultural niche in which far-right activists and terrorists produce identity, discourse, digital cultures and practices. This work will be an engaging and necessTrade Review‘Maly has emerged in recent years as one of the most intrepid venturers into the dark territories of the digital. In this book, he dissects the dangerous imbrications among digital cultures, algorithmic infrastructures, and the violence of the radical right. This is an urgent warning and a necessary reckoning for everyone who has the future of democracy and humanism at heart.’Emiliano Treré, Reader in Data Agency and Media Ecologies, School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University, UK; Co-director of the Data Justice Lab; author of Hybrid Media Activism (2019)'In this highly insightful and wide-ranging study, Maly lays out the crucial role that discourse plays in creating the environment that produces far-right violence. Maly’s analysis tracks how social media and digital communications technology, along with the cultural practices that have grown up around them, facilitate the production and circulation of this discourse, and how this interplay of extremist ideologies and digital affordances has led to the evolution of a new form of metapolitics which transforms our understanding of far-right activism. For anyone wishing to understand how extremist ideas achieve such disturbing purchase in contemporary mainstream society, this book is essential reading.'Philip Seargeant, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Open University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Ideology and activism in the digital age: theoretical and methodological reflections 2. The birth of metapolitics 2.0 3. The global new right and the algorithmic activism of Schild & Vrienden 4. Metapolitical influencers and far-right culture 5. Data voids, junk news and metapolitics 2.0 6. Metapolitical terrorism and digital media 7. The global new right: between mainstreaming and deplatformization 8. Metapolitics, algorithms and Violence Epilogue: Metapolitics, digital ethnography and democracy
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Life and Death of the Spanish Republic
Book SynopsisIn 1940, Daily Telegraph correspondent Henry Buckley published his eyewitness account of his experiences reporting form the Spanish Civil War. The copies of the book, stored in a warehouse in London, were destroyed during the Blitz and only a handful of copies of his unique chronicle were saved. Now, eighty years after its first publication, this exceptional eyewitness account of the war is republished with a new introduction by acclaimed scholar Paul Preston.The Life and Death of the Spanish Republic is a unique account of Spanish politics throughout the Second Republic, from its foundation of 14 April 1931 to its defeat at the end of March 1939. It combines personal recollections of meetings with the great politicians of the day and intimate accounts of dramatic events with a deep understanding of Spain its people, politics and culture. Providing a fascinating portrait of a crucial decade of contemporary Spanish history and based on an abundance of the witneTable of ContentsIntroduction. The Humane Observer: Henry Buckley, Paul Preston (London School of Economics, UK) Foreword 1. The Spain I Found 2. Death of a Dictator 3. Jaca: A Successful Failure 4. Curtain to a Régime 5. A Republic is Born 6. The King’s Record 7. Trouble in the Republic 8. Words – not Deeds 9. A Middle-Class Republic 10. August Fireworks 11. Bad Days for the Republic 12. Vatican Policy in Spain 13. Lerroux in Charge 14. Semana Santa 15. Juan March 16. The Storm-Clouds Gather 17. To Save the Republic 18. No Dictatorship 19. The Republic Marks Times 20. Azaña has the Answer 21. Victory 22. Adrift After Victory 23. Personal Reactions 24. The Explosion 25. Off to the Front 26. Moors in Castile 27. Franco Advances from the South 28. Toledo in Peace and War 29. The Telephone Building 30. Madrid is Saved 31. A Count in Gaol 32. Attempts to Surround Madrid 33. The Battle of Guadalajara 34. New Tactics 35. Coronation Interlude 36. Admiral Raeder Shells Almeria 37. In Caux-sur-Montreux 38. Prieto as War Minister 39. Teruel for the Republic 40. Franco wins the Battle of Aragon 41. Enrique Lister 42. On Valencia, Journalism and Other Matters 43. The Toll of Human Suffering 44. Dr Juan Negrin 45. A Closed Frontier and a Crumbling Front 46. Parliament in a Dungeon 47. The End of a Republic Index
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