Physical Description
xxxiv, 622 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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?
ISBN
071399648X
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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?