Nazi Germany
Confronting the Myths
Published on 22. December 2014
256 pages
978-1-118-29477-2 (ISBN)
Description
Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths provides a concise andcompelling introduction to the Third Reich. At the same time,it challenges and demystifies the many stereotypes surroundingHitler and Nazi Germany.
* Creates a succinct, argument-driven overview for students byusing common myths and stereotypes to encourage critical engagementwith the subject
* Provides an up-to-date historical synthesis based on the latestresearch in the field
* Argues that in order to fully understand and explain thisperiod of history, we need to address its seeming paradoxes -for example, questioning why most Germans viewed the Third Reich asa legitimate government, despite the Nazis' criminality
* Incorporates useful study features, including a timeline,glossary, maps, and illustrations
Reviews / Votes
"Among the many textbooks on Nazi Germany Catherine Epstein'sstands out both because of its persuasive combination of the mostrecent research on this subject interwoven with judiciousdiscussions of continuing debates on unresolved historiographicalquestions and because of the skillful ways in which she draws thereader into this complex field. Students and teachers in advancedsecondary as well as higher education will also find this book tobe the best short guide to the history of the NaziHolocaust." --V.R. Berghahn, Columbia University "Drawing on the very latest scholarship, Catherine Epsteinoffers a lucidly written, accessible, engaging account of Hitlerand the Third Reich. Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths isan ideal choice for the undergraduate classroom and will likely bethe text that introduces many, many students to this mosttroubling chapter of modern German history." --Robert Moeller, University of California, IrvineMore details
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Person
Catherine Epstein is Dean of the Faculty and Professor ofHistory at Amherst College. She is the prize-winning authorof Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser and the Occupation of WesternPoland (2010). Her previous publications also includeA Past Renewed: A Catalog of German-Speaking Refugee Historiansin the United States After 1933 (1993) and The LastRevolutionaries: German Communists and their Century (2003).
Content
List of Illustrations viii
Preface x
1 Germany before 1933 1
2 Hitler and the Nazi Movement 21
3 The Nazi Party-State 45
4 The Racial State 69
5 Nazi Germany in the 1930s: A Popular Regime? 97
6 War and Occupation, 1939-1941 123
7 Genocide 149
8 Total War, 1942-1945 179
Epilogue 211
Abbreviations and Glossary 223
Timeline 225
Index 229
