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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107012368

ISBN-139781107012363

eBay Product ID (ePID)24058363022

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Book TitlePeoples Dictatorship : a History of Nazi Germany

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Germany, Europe / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAlan E. Steinweis

Book SeriesNew Approaches to European History Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.2 in

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LCCN2022-029803

Reviews'Many Germans persuaded themselves they were building a "people's community"; instead, they enabled a dictatorship. Alan Steinweis explores how the Nazi elite achieved this but also deftly incorporates recent insights from social and cultural history to show both approval and rejection of Nazi policy among the population at large.' Geoffrey J. Giles, University of Florida, 'This is an admirably lucid, reliable, and comprehensive account that will benefit students and specialists alike. Bringing to bear a wide variety of source materials and angles of vision, Steinweis provides not only a fine introduction to the history of Nazi Germany, but also a sure footed guide to the state of knowledge on a host of formerly or currently contested issues. Highly recommended.' Peter Hayes, Northwestern University, 'An outstanding study, wide-ranging yet concise with vivid examples and pointers to fresh scholarship. Steinweis expertly guides the reader through complex issues, highlighting the interconnectedness of Nazi expansionism and racial policy, and offering cogent reflections on the relationship between the Nazi regime and the German people.' Elizabeth Harvey, University of Nottingham

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23/eng/20220629

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 64

Dewey Decimal943.085

Table Of Content1. The Idea of Nazism; 2. The Triumph of Nazism; 3. The Nazi Dictatorship; 4. The Nazi Economy, 1933-1939; 5. Nazi Society, 1933-1939; 6. Policing the Boundaries of the 'People's Community'; 7. A New Order in Europe; 8. The Nazi Empire; 9. The War of Annihilation; 10. The Destruction of Nazi Germany.

SynopsisIn this up-to-date, succinct, and highly readable volume, Alan E. Steinweis presents a new synthesis of the origins, development, and downfall of Nazi Germany. After tracing the intellectual and cultural origins of Nazi ideology, the book recounts the rise and eventual victory of the Nazi movement against the background of the struggling Weimar Republic. The book details the rapid transformation of Germany into a dictatorship, focusing on the interplay of Nazi violence and the readiness of Germans to accommodate themselves to the new regime. Steinweis chronicles Nazi efforts to transform German society into a so-called People's Community, imbued with hyper-nationalism, an authoritarian spirit, Nazi racial doctrine, and antisemitism. The result was less a People's Community than what Steinweis calls a People's Dictatorship - a repressive regime that acted brutally toward the targets of its persecution, its internal opponents, and its foreign enemies even as it enjoyed support across much of German society., This up-to-date, succinct, and highly readable survey presents a new synthesis of the origins, development, and downfall of Nazi Germany, making accessible classic and recent research and focusing on the interplay of Nazi violence and the readiness of Germans to accommodate themselves to the new regime.

LC Classification NumberDD240.S7616 2023