The Nazi dictatorship : problems and perspectives of interpretation
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The Nazi dictatorship : problems and perspectives of interpretation
E. Arnold , Distributed in the USA by Routledge, Chapman, and Hall, 1993
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This new edition examines the ways in which the termination of German Democratic Republic's historiographical tradition and the aftermath of the German unification in general are affecting perspectives on the place of the Nazi dictatorship in German history. The author also examines resistance to the regime within Germany - suggesting ways of approaching this still most contentious of issues. In addition to the two new chapters that carry discussion of these matters, there are a great many minor and some more substantial changes to the original text. For example, in the light of recent research, there is a reassessment of the timing and decision-making in the genesis of Nazi genocide of the Jews.
Table of Contents
- Historians and the problem of explaining Nazism
- the essence of Nazism - form of fascism, brand of totalitarianism, or unique phenomenon?
- politics and economics in the Nazi state. Hitler - "Master of the Third Reich" or "Weak Dictator"?
- Hitler and the Holocaust
- Nazi foreign policy - Hitler's "Programme" or "Expansion without Object"?
- The Third Reich - "Social Reaction" or "Social Revolution"?
- "Resistance without the People"?
- "Normality" and genocide - the problem of "historicization"
- shifting perspectives - historiographical trends in the aftermath of unification
- suggestions for further reading.
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