Working towards the Führer : essays in honour of Sir Ian Kershaw / edited by Anthony McElligott & Tim Kirk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McElligott, Anthony, 1955-

Kirk, Tim, 1958-

Kershaw, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Germany.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

ix, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

"Working Towards the Fü hrer" brings together leading historians writing on the Third Reich, in honor of Sir Ian Kershaw, whose own work, along with that of the contributors to this volume has done much to challenge and change our understanding of Nazi Germany. Covering issues such as the legacy of the world wars, the female voter, propaganda, occupied lands, the judiciary, public opinion and resistance, this volume furthers the debate on how Nazi Germany operated. Gone are the post-war stereotypes of a monolithic state driven forward by a single will towards war and genocide. Instead there is a more complex picture of the regime and its actions, one that shows the instability of the dictatorship, its dependence on a measure of consent as well as coercion, which recognizes the constraints on political action, the fickleness of popular attitudes and the ambiguous, ephemeral nature of acclamation and opposition alike.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719067324 :

0719067332

OCLC:

56465500