The Third Reich / David G. Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, D. G., author.

Series:

Seminar studies in history

Seminar studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hitler, Adolf.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

History.

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

Politics and government.

Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.

Social conditions.

National socialism.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Germany--History--1933-1945--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 253 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

The Third Reich is a succinct, comprehensive examination of the major debates surrounding this crucial period in modern German history. The character and operation of the Nazi state, and of its global consequences, have been discussed and disputed since 1933. David G. Williamson's Seminar Studies text, now in its fifth edition, provides students with a lucid introduction to the Third Reich and highlights the relevant research, scholarship and controversies. The new edition has been expanded to give increased coverage to such topics as: ethnic cleansing in Poland and Russia, the role of the Wehrmacht, the Holocaust, attitudes of ordinary Germans to the Third Reich, the German opposition, Nazi foreign policy and the German economy. Accompanied by a wide range of primary sources, a timeline, maps and a glossary, The Third Reich remains the best available introduction to this short-lived but enormously impactful period in world history.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

The historical debate

Part II. Analysis

The origins and rise of National Socialism

The legal revolution and the consolidation of power, 1933-34

State, party, and Führer: the government of Nazi Germany, 1933-39

The economy, 1933-39

The people's community: German society and the Third Reich, 1933-39

The racial state, 1933-41

Foreign policy, 1933-39

Germany, Europe, and the world, 1939-45

'Ethnic cleansing' and resettlement policies in occupied Europe

The home front, 1939-45

The German opposition

Part III. Assessment

The Third Reich in retrospect

Part IV. Documents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.

ISBN:

1138243566

9781138243569

9781138243552

1138243558

OCLC:

959596210