| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xxxiv, 622 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2003. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [535]-584) and index. |
| Contents |
The legacy of the past -- German peculiarities -- Gospels of hate -- The spirit of 1914 -- Descent into chaos -- The failure of democracy -- The weaknesses of Weimar -- The great inflation -- Culture wars -- The fit and the unfit -- The rise of Nazism -- Bohemian revolutionaries -- The beer-hall Purtsch -- Rebuilding the movement -- The roots of commitment -- Towards the seizure of power -- The great depression -- The crisis of democracy -- The victory of violence -- Fateful decisions -- Creating the Third Reich -- The terror begins -- Fire in the Reichstag -- Democracy destroyed -- Bringing Germany into line -- Hitler's cultural revolution -- Discordant notes -- The purge of the arts -- Against the un-German spirit -- A revolution of destruction? |
| Subject |
National socialism -- History.
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Germany -- History -- 1871-1918.
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Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
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| ISBN |
1594200041 alkaline paper |
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