The rise of the Nazis / Edition 2

by Conan Fischer, Mark Greengrass

Overview

How and why did the Nazis seize power in Germany? Nearly seventy years on, the question remains heated and important discoveries continue to challenge long standing assumptions. Beginmning with an overview of the historical context within which Nazism grew, looking at the foreign relations, politics and society of Weimar and in particular at the role of the elites in the rise of Nazism. The book questions the anatomy of Nazism itself: What lent Nazi ideology its coherence and credibility? What distinguished the Nazi’s programme from their competitors’ and how did they project it so effectively? How was Hitler able to put together and fund an organisation so quickly and effectively that it could launch a sustained assault on Weimar? Who supported the Nazis and what were their motives? Where, precisely, does Nazism belong in the history of Europe?. Since the publication of the first edition, important new works have appeared and this new scholarship has been incorporated into the text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719060670
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	08/08/2002
Series:	New Frontiers
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Conan Fischer is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Strathclyde

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The rise and fall of Weimar
2. The ideological basis of Nazism
3. National socialist policy and propaganda
4. The organisation of the Nazi movement
5. The formation of the Nazi constituency: the middle classes
6. The formation of the Nazi constituency: the working classes
Conclusion
Selected documents
Works cited
Selected bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Delves into the still obscure question of how and why the Nazi party seized power in Germany by examining the foreign relations, politics, and society of the Weimar Republic, and features of the Nazi party itself. Discusses the role of the elites in the party's rise, the coherence and credibility of its ideology, how it differed from its competitors, how Hitler forged and funded it so quickly, who supported it and why, and the place of Nazism in the history of Europe. Includes 61 primary documents. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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