Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe - Softcover

Mazower, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014311610X ISBN 13: 9780143116103

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2009

Synopsis

Draw ing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler's Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion?and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war. Mark Mazower forces us to set aside timeworn opinions of the Third Reich, and instead shows how the party drew inspiration for its imperial expansion from America and Great Britain. Yet the Nazis? lack of political sophistication left them unequal to the task of ruling what their armies had conquered, despite a shocking level of cooperation from the overwhelmed countries. A work as authoritative as it is unique, Hitler's Empire is a surprising?and controversial? new appraisal of the Third Reich's rise and ultimate fall.

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Review:

" Compelling . . . Mazower offers incisive details and insights that make "Hitler's Empire" a fascinating read."
-"The Washington Post"

"Drawing on an enormous amount of research, yet always writing clearly and well, Mr. Mazower takes the reader on a guided tour through every corner of the Nazis' domains."
-"The New York Sun"

From the Back Cover:

'Remarkable ... provocative ... an important new book' Adam Tooze, Sunday Telegraph

'A brilliant account' David Cesarani, Independent

Hitler's empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by the imperial legacy of those such as the British, the Third Reich cast its shadow from the Channel Islands to the Caucasus and ruled hundreds of millions. Yet, as Mark Mazower's groundbreaking new account shows, it was an empire built on an illusion.

From Hitler's plans for vast motorways crossing an ethnically cleansed Russian steppe, to dreams of a German super-economy rivalling America's, Mazower reveals the lethal fusion of mass murder, modern managerialism and colossal incompetence that underpinned the Nazi New Order. Ultimately Hitler's empire ended up consuming its own, leaving destruction in its wake and finishing not just with the downfall of Germany, but an entire continent.

'A first-class account' Richard Overy, Literary Review

'Brilliant ... a must for anyone who has a serious interest in the dreadful Third Reich' Justin Cartwright, Spectator

'Exposes the intellectual bankruptcy of the enterprise with forensic skill and wit' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 014311610X
• ISBN 13: 9780143116103
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784