Description
Book SynopsisBeginning with a brief sketch of Hitler before turning to the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Third Reich, this book presents an historiographical assessment of Hitlerian Germany and its place in the 20th century.
Table of ContentsForeword v
Preface ix
1. Hitler and the Rise to Power, 1930-1933 1
Hitler’s Crucial Role 2
The National Socialist Movement 7
Achieving Power 9
2. Party and State, 1933-1936 20
The Nazi Revolution 20
Principles of Nazism 25
The Nazi State 31
3. Economic Polities, 1933-1939 45
Overcoming the Depression 45
The Four-Year Plan 55
The Intentionalist-Functionalist Controversy 62
4. Society, Culture, and Foreign Policy, 1933-1939 65
Social Policy 65
Youth 66
Women 72
The Churches 78
Racism 82
The Debasement of Culture 85
Why National Socialism? 90
Toward War 92
5. Germany During the War, 1939-1945 99
The People’s Response 100
The War Economy 108
The Holocaust 118
Resistance 125
Continuity in German History? 131
Afterword: The Third Reich as History 134
Bibliographical Essay 137
Index 153
