Nazi Germany: A Critical Introduction - Softcover

Kitchen, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075242341X ISBN 13: 9780752423418

Publisher: The History Press, 1997

Synopsis

Seventy years have passed since Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, and in the intervening years a vast amount has been written on the origins and nature of the Third Reich. The years from 1933 to 1945 cast such a grim shadow that the moral, ethical, and religious elements embedded in the narrative are such that the subject still resists treatment as part of a historical past. Fierce debates still rage over both the how and the why of these terrible events.

In this concise and accessible account Martin Kitchen addresses the major issues. How did Hitler come to power? How was the Nazi dictatorship established? What was the essential nature of the regime? What were the reasons for Hitler's extraordinary popularity? Why did Germany go to war? What led to the Holocaust? What was the legacy of National Socialism?

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About the Author

MARTIN KITCHEN is one of the world's leading experts on twentieth-century German history. He was Professor of History at the Simon Fraser University in Canada until his recent retirement. He is the author of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany, A Military History of Germany, Nazi Germany at War, and The German Offensives of 1918.

Edition details

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075242341X
• ISBN 13: 9780752423418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112