Nazism, War and Genocide
New Perspectives on the History of the Third Reich
Published on 3. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-85989-806-5 (ISBN)
Description
Now available for the first time in paperback, this volume of specially commissioned essays brings together contributions by internationally recognised scholars from Britain, Germany and the USA to present and reflect upon the latest research on the history of the Third Reich. The book provides a new approach to the history of Nazism's racial policy, its social policy, its planning for war and genocide, and its legacy. It shows how Nazism's radical ideological drive penetrated the most diverse areas of German society and everyday life. It reminds us that the crimes of the Third Reich were ultimately born of the decisions of a political, military and administrative leadership of singular ambition, drive and brutality.
Reviews / Votes
Nazism, War and Genocide will be essential reading for students of the period.Richard Evans, BBC History * BBC History * Taken together, the essays presented in this collection do a splendid job of summarising and criticising the state of our knowledge of the field they cover. All are further characterised by a very accessible style and great readability... this book is an ideal way for undergraduates, graduate students, lay people or specialists in other fields to quickly learn the essentials of our current knowledge of some of the central issues surrounding the history of the Third Reich.
Bruce B. Campbell, H-German * H-German *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Liverpool University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85989-806-5 (9780859898065)
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Person
Neil Gregor is Reader in Modern German History at the University of Southampton. His previous publications include Daimler-Benz in the Third Reich (1998) (winner of the Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History; shortlisted for the Longman/History Today Book of the Year); and Nazism: A Reader (2000).
Content
Introduction to the paperback edition
List of common German abbreviations used in the text
1 Neil Gregor Nazism-A Political Religion? Rethinking the Voluntarist Turn
2 Jane Caplan Political Detention and the Origin of the Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany, 1933-1935/6
3 Dick Geary Working-Class Identities in the Third Reich
4 Robert Gellately Social Outsiders and the Consolidation of Hitler's Dictatorship, 1933-1939
5 Nikolaus Wachsmann 'Soldiers of the Home Front': Jurists and Legal Terror during the Second World War
6 Jill Stephenson Germans, Slavs and the Burden of Work in Rural Southern Germany during the Second World War
7 Ian Kershaw Did Hitler Miss his Chance in 1940?
8 Mark Roseman Shoot First and Ask Questions Afterwards?
Wannsee and the Unfolding of the Final Solution
9 Norbert Frei Auschwitz and the Germans: History, Knowledge and Memory
Notes
List of Contributors
Suggestions for further reading
Index
List of common German abbreviations used in the text
1 Neil Gregor Nazism-A Political Religion? Rethinking the Voluntarist Turn
2 Jane Caplan Political Detention and the Origin of the Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany, 1933-1935/6
3 Dick Geary Working-Class Identities in the Third Reich
4 Robert Gellately Social Outsiders and the Consolidation of Hitler's Dictatorship, 1933-1939
5 Nikolaus Wachsmann 'Soldiers of the Home Front': Jurists and Legal Terror during the Second World War
6 Jill Stephenson Germans, Slavs and the Burden of Work in Rural Southern Germany during the Second World War
7 Ian Kershaw Did Hitler Miss his Chance in 1940?
8 Mark Roseman Shoot First and Ask Questions Afterwards?
Wannsee and the Unfolding of the Final Solution
9 Norbert Frei Auschwitz and the Germans: History, Knowledge and Memory
Notes
List of Contributors
Suggestions for further reading
Index