Hitler : a global biography / Brendan Simms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simms, Brendan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

Hitler, Adolf.

Heads of state--Germany--Biography.

Heads of state.

Germany.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Politics and government.

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

National socialism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 668 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2019.

Summary:

"Revisionist biography...demonstrates that the dictator's main preoccupation from the start of his political career in the 1920s, was not communism or the Soviet Union, but capitalism and the "Anglo-Saxon" powers--the British Empire and, especially, the United States. Whereas most historians have argued that Hitler underestimated the American threat, Simms shows that Hitler embarked on a preemptive war with the United States precisely because he considered it such a potent adversary. The war against the Jews was driven both by his anxiety about combatting the supposed forces of international plutocracy and by a broader desire to maintain the domestic cohesion he thought necessary for survival on the international scene.-- Dust jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Humiliation

1 Sketch of the Dictator as a Young Man p. 3

2 Against a 'World of Enemies' p. 9

3 The 'Colonization' of Germany p. 18

Part 2 Fragmentation

4 The Struggle for Bavaria p. 57

5 Anglo-American Power and German Impotence p. 77

6 Regaining Control of the Party p. 105

Part 3 Unification

7 The American Challenge p. 115

8 Breakthrough p. 140

9 Making the Fewest Mistakes p. 166

Part 4 Mobilization

10 The 'Fairy Tale' p. 187

11 The 'Elevation' of the German People p. 215

12 Guns and Butter p. 234

Part 5 Confrontation

13 'Living Standards' and 'Living Space' p. 273

14 'England is the motor of opposition to us' p. 300

15 The 'Haves' and the 'Have-Nots' p. 347

Part 6 Annihilation

16 Facing West, Striking East p. 397

17 The Struggle against the 'Anglo-Saxons' and 'Plutocracy' p. 446

18 The Fall of 'Fortress Europe' p. 500.

Notes:

Originally published in 2019 by Allen Lane in the United Kingdom.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-631) and index.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: 9781846142475 Simms, Brendan. London : Allen Lane, 2019

ISBN:

9780465022373

0465022375

OCLC:

1120725097