Nazi Germany

Informationen zum Autor Alan F. Wilt looks at the strategic decision making in Germany and Great Britain from the top down, at Hitler and Churchill and their considerable influence on their countries' military decisions. Zusammenfassung Beginning with a brief sketch of Hitler before turning to the political! economic! social! and cultural aspects of the Third Reich! this book presents an historiographical assessment of Hitlerian Germany and its place in the 20th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword v Preface ix 1. Hitler and the Rise to Power, 1930-1933 1 Hitler's Crucial Role 2 The National Socialist Movement 7 Achieving Power 9 2. Party and State, 1933-1936 20 The Nazi Revolution 20 Principles of Nazism 25 The Nazi State 31 3. Economic Polities, 1933-1939 45 Overcoming the Depression 45 The Four-Year Plan 55 The Intentionalist-Functionalist Controversy 62 4. Society, Culture, and Foreign Policy, 1933-1939 65 Social Policy 65 Youth 66 Women 72 The Churches 78 Racism 82 The Debasement of Culture 85 Why National Socialism? 90 Toward War 92 5. Germany During the War, 1939-1945 99 The People's Response 100 The War Economy 108 The Holocaust 118 Resistance 125 Continuity in German History? 131 Afterword: The Third Reich as History 134 Bibliographical Essay 137 Index 153

Product details

• Authors: AF Wilt, Alan F Wilt, Alan F. Wilt, Alan F. (Iowa State University) Wilt, Wilt Alan F.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2013
• EAN: 9780882959108
• ISBN: 978-0-88295-910-8
• No. of pages: 161
• Series: European History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater