The Third Reich
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The Third Reich

A History of Nazi Germany

  1. 672 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Third Reich

A History of Nazi Germany

About this book

"Riveting…An elegantly composed study, important and even timely" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) history of the Third Reich—how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II. In "the new definitive volume on the subject" ( Houston Press ), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and anti-Semitic as he lived on the margins of society. Fueled by outrage at the punitive terms imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty, he found his voice and drew a loyal following.As his views developed, Hitler attracted like-minded colleagues who formed the nucleus of the nascent Nazi party. Between 1924 and 1929, Hitler and his party languished in obscurity on the radical fringes of German politics, but the onset of the Great Depression gave them the opportunity to move into the mainstream. Hitler blamed Germany's misery on the victorious allies, the Marxists, the Jews, and big business—and the political parties that represented them. By 1932 the Nazis had become the largest political party in Germany, and within six months they transformed a dysfunctional democracy into a totalitarian state and began the inexorable march to World War II and the Holocaust.It is these fraught times that Childers brings to life: the Nazis' unlikely rise and how they consolidated their power once they achieved it. Based in part on German documents seldom used by previous historians, The Third Reich is a "powerful…reminder of what happens when power goes unchecked" ( San Francisco Book Review ). This is the most comprehensive and readable one-volume history of Nazi Germany since the classic The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Maps of Germany
  4. The German Party System
  5. Glossary of German Terms
  6. 1. The Serpent’s Egg
  7. 2. Hitler and the Chaos of Postwar Germany
  8. 3. On the Fringe, 1925–28
  9. 4. Into the Mainstream
  10. 5. Making Germany Great Again
  11. 6. The Nazis Hit a Wall
  12. 7. The Impossible Happens
  13. 8. Seizing Power
  14. 9. Consolidation of Power
  15. 10. The People’s Community
  16. 11. A Racial Revolution
  17. 12. Courting Disaster
  18. 13. Early Success
  19. 14. Hitler Turns West
  20. 15. The Crusade Against Judeo-Bolshevism
  21. 16. Holocaust and Total War
  22. 17. Apocalypse
  23. Photographs
  24. Acknowledgments
  25. About the Author
  26. Notes
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index
  29. Copyright