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Charisma and Community
Martin Kitchen
ISBN: 9781405801690
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Pearson Education Limited
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The twelve years of the Third Reich cast a dark shadow over history and fierce debates still rage over the reasons why the regime survived for so long. What was the secret of Hitler's extraordinary popularity? What was the appeal of National Socialism? Why did the German people stay loyal to the Reich even when it seemed that all was lost? In this impressive and often disturbing new work Martin Kitchen shows us how ordinary people can fall prey to fanatical…
The twelve years of the Third Reich casts a dark shadow over history. Fierce debates still rage over many of the hows, whys and wherefores of this perplexing period. Leading expert on German history, Martin Kitchen, provides a concise, accessible and provocative account of Nazi Germany. It takes into account the political, social, economic and cultural ramifications, and sets it within the context of the times, while pointing out those areas that still defy our understanding. This lively account addresses major issues such as the reasons for Hitler's extraordinary popularity, his hold over the German people even when all seemed lost, the role of ideology, the cooption of the elites, and the descent into war for race and space, culminating in the horrors of the holocaust.
| ISBN | 1405801697 | | Pages | 424 | | ISBN13 | 9781405801690
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Weight (grammes) | 634 | | Imprint | Longman | | Published in | Harlow | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 14 Jan 2008 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | 2007035894 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 943.086 | | Academic level | Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | List of maps | | | | 1 | | Background | | 1 | | 2 | | The origins of National Socialism | | 31 | | 3 | | Hitler as chancellor | | 60 | | 4 | | Reordering society and the economy | | 122 | | 5 | | The churches and education | | 164 | | 6 | | The arts and propaganda | | 180 | | 7 | | The SA, SS and police | | 219 | | 8 | | Foreign policy | | 272 | | 9 | | The Shoah | | 304 | | 10 | | The war | | 332 | | | | Notes | | 373 | | | | Further reading | | 379 | | | | Index | | 400 |
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