xi, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index

Preface -- Part One: The origins and development of Nazism, 1919-1928 -- Weimar democracy in crisis -- The rise of Hitler and Nazism -- The historical roots of Nazi ideology -- Party structure, propaganda, and followers during the "early years of struggle" -- Part Two: The seizure and consolidation of power, 1929-1934 -- Parliamentary paralysis and the Nazi breakthrough of 1930 -- Hitler's legal path to power -- The pseudolegal revolution -- Part Three: The nazification of German society, 1934-1938 -- The total state vs. the dual state -- Cutlure and society in the Third Reich -- SS terror, anti-semitism, and resistance to nazification -- Part Four: The rise and fall of the Nazi empire in Europe, 1933-1945 -- The Führer as statesman: ideology and foreign policy -- The Führer as warrior: victory and conquest -- From domination to Götterdämmerung

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