Stalinism and Nazism : dictatorships in comparison / edited by Ian Kershaw and Moshe Lewin.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Kershaw, Ian.
• Lewin, Moshe, 1921-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Totalitarianism--Congresses.
• Totalitarianism.
• Soviet Union--Politics and government--Congresses.
• Soviet Union.
• Politics and government.
• Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Congresses.
• Germany.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 369 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Summary:

Based on the most up-to-date research, an internationally distinguished team of historians compares the two most terrible dictatorships of modernityNazism and Stalinism. Three selected themes are exploredthe leadership cults of Hitler and Stalin; the deadly "war machines" clash of 1941 to 1945; and the ways in which interpretations of the past have shifted in Germany and Russia since the demise of the dictatorships.

Notes:

• Based on a conference held in Philadelphia in September 1991.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 0521563453
• 0521565219

OCLC:

34617784