Concise History of the Third Reich

Name: Concise History of the Third Reich
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ISBN: 9780520253834

ISBN-10: 0520253833

ISBN-13: 9780520253834

Edition: 2006

Authors: Wolfgang Benz, Thomas Dunlap

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This well-illustrated, highly accessible book at last gives general readers and students a compact, yet comprehensive and authoritative history of the twelve years of the Third Reich--from political takeover of January 30, 1933 to the German capitulation of May 1945. Originally published to rave reviews in Germany,A Concise History of the Third Reichdescribes the establishment of the totalitarian dictatorship, the domestic and foreign politics of the regime, everyday life and terror in National Socialist Germany, the events leading to World War II and the war itself, various forms of resistance against Hitler, and the Holocaust. The book's extensive illustrations are thoroughly treated as…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 331
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Wolfgang Benzis Professor of History and Director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism at the Technische Universitauml;t Berlin. Among his previous books isThe Holocaust(1997).



Glossary


Chronology


Major Political Parties in Weimar Germany


Seats Won by the Major Parties in National Assembly (1919) and Reichstag Elections (1920-1933)


Preface to the German Edition


From the First Reich to the Third Reich: A Brief Historical Excursus: An Introduction to the English Edition



Prologue



The "National Revolution"



The Consolidation of Power



Crisis and the Triumph of Dictatorship



Society in the Nazi State



The Hitler State



Economic and Social Policy



Terror and Persecution



Discontent and Opposition



The Persecution of the Jews



The Road to War



Daily Life in Wartime Germany and the Radicalization of the Regime



Total War



The Murder of the Jews



Resistance



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Epilogue


Select Bibliography


Index