A concise history of the Third Reich. Translated by Thomas Dunlap

Benz, Wolfgang, 1941-

Published by Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006

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very good dust-jacket, small tape repair at top of front flap, attractive copy, very good black cloth. small black remainder stripe on bottom foredge. BENZ, WOLFGANG. A concise history of the Third Reich. Translated by Thomas Dunlap. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xvii, 309pp., . Series: Weimar and now, 39 This well-illustrated, highly accessible book at last gives general readers and students a compact, yet comprehensive and authoritative history of the twelve years of the Third Reich - from political takeover of January 30, 1933 to the German capitulation of May 1945. Originally published to rave reviews in Germany, A Concise History of the Third Reich describes the establishment of the totalitarian dictatorship, the domestic and foreign politics of the regime, everyday life and terror in National Socialist Germany, the events leading to World War II and the war itself, various forms of resistance against Hitler, and the Holocaust. The book's extensive illustrations are thoroughly treated as documents that illuminate the visual power of Nazi ideology. - CONTENTS: Glossary - Chronology - Major Political Parties in Weimar Germany - Seats Won in Elections of 1919 and 1920-1933 - Preface to the German Edition - Intorduction to the English edition by Wolfgang Benz - The "National revolution" -- The consolidation of power -- Crisis and the triumph of dictatorship -- Society in the Nazi state -- The Hitler state -- Economic and social policy -- Terror and persecution -- Discontent and opposition -- The persecution of the Jews -- The road to war -- Daily life in wartime Germany and the radicalization of the regime -- Total war -- The murder of the Jews -- Resistance -- Collapse - Epilogue. ISBN 9780520234895.

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• Title: A concise history of the Third Reich. Translated by Thomas Dunlap
• Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included