The Third Reich in PowerThe acclaimed and comprehensive account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's total rule and the inexorable march to war, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich and The Third Reich at War. “[Evans's] three-volume history . . . is shaping up to be a masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive.” —The New York Times "Mr. Evans's magisterial study should be on our shelves for a long time to come."—The Economist By the middle of 1933, the democracy of the Weimar Republic had been transformed into the police state of the Third Reich, mobilized around the cult of the leader, Adolf Hitler. In The Third Reich in Power, Richard J. Evans chronicles the incredible story of Germany's radical reshaping under Nazi rule. As those who were deemed unworthy to be counted among the German people were dealt with in increasingly brutal terms, Hitler's drive to prepare Germany for the war that he saw as its destiny reached its fateful hour in September 1939. This is the fullest and most authoritative account yet written of how, in six years, Germany was brought to the edge of that terrible abyss. |
Contents
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE | |
INSTRUMENTS OF TERROR | |
ENLIGHTENING THE PEOPLE | |
WRITING FOR GERMANY | |
PROBLEMS OF PERSPECTIVE | |
BLOOD AND SOIL | |
THE FATE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES | |
THE TAMING OF THE PROLETARIAT | |
SOCIAL PROMISE AND SOCIAL REALITY | |
IN THE SPIRIT OF SCIENCE | |
THE NUREMBERG LAWS | |
THE JEWS MUST GET OUT OF EUROPE | |
THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS | |
FROM DISCORD TO HARMONY | |
MATTERS OF FAITH | |
CATHOLICS AND PAGANS | |
WINNING OVER THE YOUNG | |
STRUGGLE AGAINST THE INTELLECT | |
THE BATTLE FOR WORK | |
BUSINESS POLITICS AND | |
ARYANIZING THE ECONOMY | |
DIVISION OF THE SPOILS | |
FROM WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH | |
CREATING GREATER GERMANY | |
THE RAPE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA | |
MARCH INTO THE EAST | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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