Ian Kershaw

The Nazi Dictatorship

Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation - 40th Anniversary Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

The 40th-anniversary edition of Sir Ian Kershaw's ground-breaking study of the Third Reich. With a brand new foreword by Mary Fulbrook, The Nazi Dictatorship covers all the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler's authority and leadership, economics in the Nazi state, Nazi foreign policy, German resistance, and the aftermath. Regarded by many as the world's leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich, Kershaw has redefined the way we look at this period of modern European history.

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Revelations
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Trade
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 927613
• 4., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 137mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781350537996
• ISBN-10: 1350537993
• Artikelnr.: 73247102

Autorenporträt

Sir Ian Kershaw was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield, UK. Among his other publications is the internationally acclaimed biography Hitler (2 vols, 1998 and 2000). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the 40th Anniversary Edition by Mary Fulbrook
Preface to the Bloomsbury 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

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Preface to the 40th Anniversary Edition
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

Rezensionen

Unquestionably the most authoritative, balanced, readable, and meticulously documented introduction to the Third Reich. International History Review