The Connell Guide to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - Softcover

Caroline Sharples

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191118752X ISBN 13: 9781911187523

Publisher: Connell Guides, 2017

Synopsis

Ever since the collapse of the Third Reich, historians have grappled with a fundamental question: how was such a brutal, genocidal dictatorship possible in a modern, cultured nation in the middle of the 20th century? There are essentially two competing views: one, that Hitler was an all-powerful dictator fully in control of his government; the other, that Nazi decision-making was much more confused, driven by intense power rivalries and a cumulative radicalism. Where does the truth lie? Caroline Sharples draws on a whole range of different views to offer her own compelling account of how Hitler used the democratic process to seize power in Germany and create a violent and racist regime responsible for the Holocaust and for the most destructive war in history.

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What I love about these is that theyre small & unintimidating, so they make the potentially intimidating accessible --Helena Bonham Carter

The Connell Guides are brief, attractive, erudite, and to the point. Bravo! --Sir Tom Stoppard

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Edition details

• Publisher: Connell Guides
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191118752X
• ISBN 13: 9781911187523
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Jolyon Connell