The coming of the Third Reich / Richard J. Evans.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-584) and index.

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 Putsch -- 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?