The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation / Edition 4

by Ian Kershaw

Overview

This widely-used text on the Nazi regime explores the complex issues historians face when they interpret the Third Reich. Kershaw expertly synthesizes data and evaluates complex historiography looking at the major themes and debates among scholars about Nazism and drawing on the findings of a wide range of research, particularly the work of German scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340760284
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/28/2000
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Sir Ian Kershaw is a leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich. Among his publications is the internationally acclaimed two volume biography Hitler (1998 and 2000). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society and was knighted in 2002 for services to the field of history.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revelations Edition
Abbreviations
1. Historians and the problem of explaining Nazism
2. The Essence of Nazism: form of fascism, brand of totalitarianism, or unique phenomenon?
3. Politics and economics in the Nazi State
4. Hitler: 'master of the Third Reich' or 'weak dictator'
5. Hitler and the Holocaust
6. Nazi foreign policy: Hitler's 'programme' or 'expansion without object'?
7. The Third Reich: 'social reaction' or 'social revolution'?
8. 'Resistance without the people'?
9. 'Normality' and genocide: the problem of 'historicization'
10. Shifting perspectives: historiographical trends in the aftermath of unification
Suggestions for further reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The best short introduction to the study of Hitler's Germany."—European History Quarterly

"Ian Kershaw"s...grasp of the literature is impressive; his sense of what constitutes the important issues is acute; and his ability to translate extremely complicated discussions into clear prose is at times extraordinary."—English Historical Review

"Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich which has yet appeared."—International History Review

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