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The history of National Socialism as a movement and a regime remains one of the most compelling and intensively studied aspects of twentieth-century history, one whose significance extends far beyond Germany or even Europe. Featuring ten chapters by leading international experts, this volume presents an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the history of Nazi Germany. Opening with an introduction delineating the challenges this period of history has posed to historians since 1945, Nazi Germany continues on with chapters that explain how Nazism emerged as an ideology and a political movement; how Hitler and his party took power and remade the German state; and how the Nazi "national community" was organized around a radical and eventually lethal distinction between the "included" and the "excluded." Later chapters discuss the complex relationship between Nazism and Germany's religious faiths; the perverse economic rationality of the regime; the path to war laid down by Hitler's foreign policy; and the intricate and intimate intertwining of war and genocide. The volume concludes with a final chapter on the aftermath of National Socialism in postwar German history and memory.
List of mapsList of contributorsAbbreviations and glossaryIntroduction Jane Caplan Caplan, Jane 11 The emergence of Nazi ideology Richard J. Evans Evans, Richard J. 262 The NSDAP 1919-1934: from fringe politics to the seizure of power Peter Fritzsche Fritzsche, Peter 483 Hitler and the Nazi state: leadership, hierarchy, and power Jeremy Noakes Noakes, Jeremy 734 Inclusion: building the national community in propaganda and practice Jill Stephenson Stephenson, Jill 995 The policy of exclusion: repression in the Nazi state, 1933-1939 Nikolaus Wachsmann Wachsmann, Nikolaus 1226 Religion and the churches Richard Steigmann-Gall Steigmann-Gall, Richard 1467 The economic history of the Nazi regime Adam Tooze Tooze, Adam 1688 Foreign policy in peace and war Gerhard L. Weinberg Weinberg, Gerhard L. 1969 Occupation, imperialism, and genocide, 1939-1945 Doris L. Bergen Bergen, Doris L. 21910 The Third Reich in post-war German memory Robert G. Moeller Moeller, Robert G. 246Further reading 267Chronology 288Maps 297Index 305
