Unit 1: Germany 1918-1990
The book explores the failed negoitation between Britain, France and the Soviet Union that could've prevented or delalyed the war.
It is about the failures of appeasement and collective security in Europe. In 1939 they sought to make the Grand Alliance that never was between France, Britain, and the Soviet Union. 1939 is based upon Mr. Carley's longtime research on the period, including work in French, British, and newly opened Soviet archives. He challenges prevailing interpretations of the origins of World War II by situating 1939 at the end of the early cold war between the Soviet Union, France, and Britain, and by showing how anti-communism was the major cause of the failure to form an alliance against Hitler.
This book is a clear and accessible guide to the controversial course of modern German history.
It is a series of intellectually innovative and stimulating essays address key issues and debates, providing both chronological coverage and a thematic approach to modern German politics, economy, society, and culture.
From 1942, Speer was the second most powerful man in the Reich and Hitler's right-hand man. Gitta Sereny, through twelve years of research and through many conversations with Speer, his friends and colleagues, reveals how Speer came to terms with his own acts and failures to act, his progress from moral extinction to moral self-education and the question of his real culpability in the Nazi crimes.
It is an inside account of the Third Reich, or as a revelatory unsparing yet compassionate study of the human capacity for evil.
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe” of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Anne Frank’s remarkable diary is a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
This new edition of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust covers the origins of anti-Semitism from the nineteenth century, and traces the events that took place in Germany from 1933 to 1945. The anti-Semitic views of Hitler are analyzed as is the means by which these views shaped the racial state in the Third Reich. The impact of the Second World War and the events which led ultimately to the Final Solution are then assessed.
Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.
The global impact of the First World War dominated the history of the first half of the twentieth century. This major reassessment of the origins of the war, based on extensive original research in several countries, is the first full analysis of the politics of armaments in pre-1914 Europe.
Drawing on insights from political science, the book offers a fresh conceptual framework for the origins of the First World War, and provides a thought-provoking case-study of the broader relationships between armaments and international conflict.
Hitler's seizure of power in 1933 posed a new threat to an army leadership already faced with a double dilemma. The position of the officer corps, traditionally a social and political elite, had been eroded politically by social change and professionally by the ever-widening scope of industrialized total war.
This study analyzes the historical background of the responses to Hitler among the army leadership. In particular it examines the nature of the opposition which developed among the military elite. The book also raises wider questions about opposition and resistance, about the structure of Hitler's regime, about the internal dynamics of German aggression and the continuities between the Third Reich and its predecessors.
Toby Clark examines work from all points of the globe, from the state propaganda of communism to the public art of democracies, from protest art of the 1960's to the efforts of artists in the nations of modern Africa.
Beginning with the classic propaganda art of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Stalin's Soviet Union - each with its own styles, motives, and purposes - he examines how democratic governments have also sponsored propaganda art, especially in wartime, exploring such problematic issues as the representation of enemies and the commemoration of the dead.
This series is designed for students of all abilities at A Level and Scottish Higher Grade. Each chapter includes questions at the beginning which cover a range of core objectives, such as causation, continuity and change, interpretation and source evaluations. These questions also provide a clear focus for the chapter. Task sections at the end of each chapter develop study skills and exam technique.
They give guidance on how to make notes, answer typical essays and source questions, and deal with questions of historiographical interpretation.
Written directly from primary archival sources, Alastair Parker's account offers the student new perspectives on the man who dominated the making of British policy before and after his 'triumph' at Munich in September 1938 - Neville Chamberlain.
This book provides a fresh and original approach to a controversial episode in British history, Chamberlain's policy of 'appeasement' towards Hitler's Germany. The Study considers his personality, his aims and his methods and the opposition to him from men both within and outside his party.
Contains authoritative and engaging content, including the creation of the Weimar Republic and its early years, Nazi consolidaiton of power, Defeat and occupation, and East and West Germany 1949-63.
Included thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians such as: what was the true nature of the German Revolution? and Where did the responsibility lie for the Nazi racial war?
Contains authoritative and engaging content, including the German reovlition; the establishment of the Weimar Republic; the collapse of democracy, and the rise and establishment of the Nazi dictatorship.
ncludes thought-provoking key debates that examine the opposing views and approaches of historians, such as Was the German revolution a failure?
This accessible dictionary provides a full background to the rise of National Socialism and the role of Germany in the Second World War.
It will be of particular value to students of history and to all those who wish to delve into the chronology, composition, economy, leaders, and politics of the Nazi state.
Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript commenting on the controversy that arose over her book.
A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative - a meticulous and unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century.
Powerfully argued, compellingly written and devastating in its conclusions, Davies forces us to look again at those six years and to discard the usual narrative of Allied good versus Nazi evil and reminds us that for the greater part of the continent, the Allied victory and the 'liberation of Europe' was the beginning of more than fifty years of totalitarian oppression.
Norman Davies answers questions such as "What was the biggest operation of World War II in Europe? It wasn't D-Day. What was the name of the largest concentration camp operating in Europe between 1939 and 1945. It wasn't Auschwitz. What European nationality lost the largest number of civilians between 1939-45?", in this concise, vivid and thought-provoking new history of the Second World War.
European Dictatorships 1918–1945 surveys the extraordinary circumstances leading to, and arising from, the transformation of over half of Europe's states to dictatorships between the first and the second World Wars.
It describes the course of dictatorship in Europe before and during the Second World War, and examines the phenomenon of dictatorship itself and the widely different forms it can take. From the notorious dictatorships of Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin to less well-known states and leaders, this book scrutinizes the experiences of Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and Central and Eastern European states.
A look at the various Fascist states within Europe between 1918-1945.
This book will help you understand the wider context of Fascism and how it manifested across Europe in this time period.
Alison Owings interviewed and here records the words of twenty-nine German women who were there: Working for the Resistance. Joining the Nazi Party. Outsmarting the Gestapo. Disliking a Jewish neighbor. Hiding a Jewish friend. Witnessing "Kristallnacht." Witnessing the firebombing of Dresden. Shooting at Allied planes. Welcoming Allied troops. Being a prisoner. And being a guard. The women recall their own and others' enthusiasm, doubt, fear, fury, cowardice, guilt, and anguish.
The story of these women leads us to question what actions we might have taken in their place.
The book concentrates on the political history of Germany from 1890 to 1933, discussing the changes which led to the rise of Adolf Hitler.
With a comprehensive coverage of Germany History, the book aims to help students develop the essential skills required for A/AS Level.
From Second Reich to Third Reich Germany 1918-45, for Edexcel
This title combines content from 'Weimar and the rise of Nazi Germany' with 'Germany: The Third Reich'. It charts the developments in Germany from the Weimar years, to life in Nazi Germany and ultimately the fall of the Third Reich; and includes a concluding chapter drawing together the themes of this topic.
This book ensures students gain a good understanding of the AS and A2 level history topics through an engaging, in-depth and up-to-date narrative, presented in an accessible way. Aids revision of the key A level history topics and themes through frequent summary diagrams.
Focuses on Germany's late but explosive economic transformation after 1800, the cycles of war, defeat, and dictatorship from 1914 to 1950, and the 'German miracle' after 1950
Shows vividly how Germany participated in the rapid transformation, since 1800, of all western societies and economies while retaining distinctive features that had long characterized this central region of Europe.
This A Level History specifications includes comprehensive factual and interpretive material from the Revolutions of 1848 to the reunification of Germany.
It is a student-friendly book which offers historical interpretations, document source questions, explanation of difficult words and concepts and a study skills section for exam preparation,
This title is a comprehensive and authoritative depth study for use with all School History Project or Modern World History GCSE or IGCSE specifications. It gives unrivalled coverage of the content requirements of OCR, Edexcel and AQA's specifications using an enquiry-based approach.
It is written by experts who understand both how to design good teaching material but also understand the exact assessment requirements of each specification.
The first half of the 20th century saw Germany invoved in two world wars. The impact of World War I transformed Germany into a democratic country and then into a totalitarian state. This text addresses the major questions surrounding these changes.
Provides a range of written and pictorial source materials.It also includes a blend of extended writing activities and structured exercises which encourage the examination of different historical interpretations.
A study of Germany between 1919 and 1945 for AS and A Level History students.
There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the margin, and summary boxes to help students assimilate the information. There are also practice questions and hints and tips on what makes a good answer.
This is a social history of Germany in the years following the First World War. Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of her armies had enormous economic, social, and psychological consequences for the nation, and it is these which Richard Bessel sets out to explore here.
Dr Bessel examines the changes brought by the War to Germany, by the return of the soldiers to civilian life and by the demobilization of the economy. He demonstrates how the postwar transition was viewed as a moral crusade by Germans desperately concerned about challenges to traditional authority; and he assesses the ways in which the experiences and memories of the War affected the politics of the Weimar Republic.
It covers the history of post-war Germany, from its division into east and west in 1949 to its reunification in 1990 and the immediate consequences.
Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.
This book covers the years, 1945-63 which witnessed the total defeat of the Third Reich, the occupation and evolution of the German Federal Republic and German Democratic Republic.
The impact of the occupation is analysed, as are the events leading to the division of Germany. Politics, economic history and social and cultural change in both Germanys are fully explored.
This lively and concise book uses a dual approach to introduce students and non-specialists to Wilhelmine Germany (1888-1918). It surveys social, economic, political, cultural and diplomatic developments in an age of tumultuous upheaval.
This book provides easy access to an epoch - and a debate - characterised more by controversy than consensus.
Germnay, 1858-1990: Hope, Terror, and Revival - Alison Kitson
This useful revision guide covers almost 150 years of German history from the unification of Germany in 1871, to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 with particular emphasis on the interwar years.
It includes source studies, scholarship, historical debate and practice exam questions also included.
This book assesses Hitler's Third Reich within the longer term context of German history and the legacy of Nazi rule.
It will help you contextualise the Third Reich from a post-war perspective.
Goebbels was a small, spindly, highly intelligent man with a clubfoot and an inferiority complex who rose to power with Hitler and was, of all the Nazis, the strongest advocate of the extermination of the Jews.
The use of previously unavailable archival information and his diaries, and carefully excavated eyewitness accounts, make this not only an important social document, but a fascinating and gripping study of a monster.
This is a book about revolution, nationalism and the growing role of the state.
David Blackbourn tells the story of this transformation with eloquence, authority and wit, weaving together political, social, and cultural history.
Written only 2 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this book offers a contemporary and academic understanding of what the future would look like with a "new" Germany by looking into its past.
From the Restoration of Germany in the 19th Century, to the German Revolution of the 1980/90s, this book is considered one of the best records of German history in the English language.
An exam-focused study of the three main issues about Hitler, designed specifically for today's AS and A Level students.
An essential guide to analysis of Hitler for A-Level exams.
'Hitler and Nazi Germany' details the major themes of Hitler's rise to power, beginning with the formation of the Nazi movement and the forerunners to the Nazi Party.
This concise guide documents the establishment of dictatorship, foreign policy, the Nazi economy and the use of propaganda.
Provides a concise introduction to Hitler's rise to power and Nazi domestic and foreign policies through to the end of the Second World War. Combining narrative, the views of different historians, interpretation and a selection of sources.
This second edition has been extensively revised and expanded and includes new chapters on the Nazi regime, the SS and Gestapo, and the Second World War.
Jane Jenkins analyses the nature of Hitler's dictatorship and the extent to which Nazi ideology and philosophy were achieved in the political, economic and social context.
A clear and concise guide to Hitler's regime.
An examination of the origins of World War II in Europe and Hitler's central role in those events.
By adopting a chronological approach, Graham Darby highlights how events unfolded and interacted, and provides a discussion of why Hitler and the Third Reich unleashed the most destructive war in human history.
This book is the first comprehensive history of the youth organisations used by the Third Reich to indoctrinate the young people of Germany.
This book explains how the Third Reich poisoned the minds of a whole generation of German youngsters and presents shocking and personal accounts by former Hitler Youth members.
Josef Goebbels, Hermann Goring, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolph Hess, Albert Speer and Karl Donitz. These were the men who smoothed Adolf Hitler's path to power and became the perpetrators of a reign of terror unparalleled in history. They were the supporters and executives at Hitler's regime, carrying out his orders with deadly efficiency.
This radical new assessment of power under the swastika reveals many unknown facts and gives a unique but disturbing glimpse behind the scenes of the Nazi state.
This book covers every aspect of the Mediterranean conflict, from the Italian attack on Greece in 1940 right through to the advance on the Gothic Line in northern Italy towards the end of the war.
The author explains not only the events themselves but the personalities of the leaders behind them, and the motives behind the complex decisions they had to make. The result is a fresh, compelling and comprehensive account of this vital arena of the Second World War.
From the railway lines near Auschwitz to the site of Oskar Schindler's heroic efforts in Cracow, Poland, Holocaust Journey features intimate personal meditations from one of our greatest modern historians, and is supported by wartime documents, letters, and diaries—as well as over fifty photographs and maps by the author
The journey results a narrative of the Holocaust that ties the past to the present with poignancy and power.
The House by the Lake is a groundbreaking work of history, revealing the story of Germany through the inhabitants of one small wooden building: a nobleman farmer, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant.
Moving from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from the devastation of two world wars to the dividing and reuniting of a nation, it is a story of domestic joy and contentment, of terrible grief and tragedy, and of a hatred handed down through the generations.
A biography from a jewish man who went through the harrowing ordeal of the holocaust.
A first-hand account of what happened during the holocaust.
For decades the story of RavensbrĂĽck was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and today is still little known. Using testimony unearthed since the end of the Cold War, and interviews with survivors who have never spoken before, Helm has ventured into the heart of the camp.
Demonstrates to the reader in a riveting detail how easily and quickly the unthinkable horror evolved.
In this remarkable social history of the Third Reich, Detlev J. K. Peukert surveys how ordinary citizens evaded or accepted Nazi policies of repression, terrorism, and racism.
This text offers an interesting looking into the social history of the Nazi regime.
It takes the reader inside Nazi Germany on four different levels: Hitler's inner circle, National Socialism as a whole, the area of wartime production and the inner struggle of Albert Speer.
This is the most revealing document on the Hitler phenonmenon yet written as the author, Hitler's architect and later his armaments minister, was in the dictator's inner circle for almost 12 years
Studies the political and economic turmoil of the inter-war period. Seeks to explain why dictatorships replaced democracy in Italy, Spain, Germany, the Baltic States, and the Balkans.
The book aims to bridge the gap between the standardized text book and the specialist survey.
This collection presents a broad view of life in Nazi Germany, describing how ordinary Germans perceived the policies and actions of the Third Reich, as well as how they lived their daily lives.
Articles by noted historians provide fascinating insights into the character of the German people, describing such phenomena as the satisfaction German nationalists took in the orderliness of Hitler's takeover; the contradictory reactions of Germany's young people to the Nazi state; the power of Hitler's popular image, created by the new techniques of propaganda; and the way that Germans today regard their experiences under Hitler.
Ruth Kluger is one of the child-survivors of the Holocaust. In 1942, at the age of eleven, she was deported to the Nazi 'family camp' Theresienstadt with her mother. "Landscape Of Memory" is the story of Ruth's life.
Not erasing a single detail, not even the inconvenient ones, she writes frankly about the troubled relationship with her mother even through their years of internment, and of her determination not to forgive and absolve the past.
Acclaimed science writer Heather Pringle uncovers the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his theories of a prehistoric Aryan master race.
'The Master Plan' is an exposé of the German scientists and scholars who allowed their research to be used to justify extermination – many of whom resumed their academic positions at war's end.
Mastering Modern German History 1864-1990 addresses the key political, social and economic developments in German history from 1864, to unification, through to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and re-unification.
Completely accessible and written in an engaging and lucid style, this text provides students with an in-depth look at Germany and its complex past.
Aims to give a comprehensive overview and interpretation of the development of Germany in the twentieth century, a country whose history has decisively shaped the map and the politics of modern Europe and the world in which we live.
Professor Berghahn is not concerned merely with politics and diplomacy, but also with social change, economic performance and industrial relations. His appendix contains fifty tables of invaluable statistical information including industrial and agricultural production, employment, voting patterns and education.
Kershaw expertly synthesizes data and evaluates complex historiography looking at the major themes and debates among scholars about Nazism.
It uncovers interpretational problems, outlines the approaches taken by various historians, and provides clear evaluations of their positions.
This books offers an excellent overview of the Nazi regime. It covers the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler's authority and leadership, Nazi Foreign Policy and the aftermath, including issues surrounding Germany's unification.
When this book first appeared, European History Quarterly hailed it as 'The best short introduction to the study of Hitler's Germany'.
In this book, R.J. Overy considers the main areas of debate within the economic history of the Nazi regime.
An essential read if you want to better your understanding of the German economy during this time period.
An excellent student guide to Nazi Germany.
This book aims to help A-level History students to think more deeply and work more independently through a carefully thought-out enquiry approach.
A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust.
The author, a survivor himself, writes the richest examination of the subject, and, crucially, one that never loses sight of the experiences of individuals in its discussion of Nazi politics and the terrible statistics and technological and administrative sophistication of the Final Solution.
The years from 1933 to 1945 cast such a grim shadow that the moral, ethical, and religious elements embedded in the narrative are such that the subject still resists treatment as part of a historical past. Fierce debates still rage over both the how and the why of these terrible events.
In this concise and accessible account Martin Kitchen addresses the major issues. How did Hitler come to power? How was the Nazi dictatorship established? What was the essential nature of the regime? What were the reasons for Hitler’s extraordinary popularity? Why did Germany go to war? What led to the Holocaust? What was the legacy of National Socialism?
This is the story of how ordinary women were wooed by the Nazis and married into the Third Reich, stabilizing and supporting the Fascist revolution and guaranteeing it survival into the next generation. But it is also the story of the women close to Hitler, such as Magda Goebbels, the high-profile wife of Hitler's minister of propaganda.
"Nazi Women" looks at the background to Hitler's won relationships and attitudes to the opposite sex, influenced by the erotic liaisons of three generations of serving girls in his family.
This history of the rise and fall of the Nazis addresses questions which have been raised over the past 50 years, and aims to dispel some of the myths.
The book sets out to show that the reality of history is more painful and harder to accept than the popular perception of a nation led astray by Hitler, the man of destiny, and to offer an understanding of the Nazi movement and of how the German people were seduced by it.
It conatins the detailed records of one squad from the Nazis' extermination groups and explores in detail its composition, its actions, and the methods by which it was trained to perform acts of genocide on an industrial scale.
Offers a chilling picture of human beings as avidly suggestible and desperate for an organising purpose in their lives, however disgusting.
Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.
Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, A.J.P. Taylor's stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 opened up new debate, and is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research.
PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War.
Written in a lucid, accessible style, this is an indispensable guide to the complex origins of the Second World War
Ruth Henig, in this book, considers considers the long-term factors that led to the war, assess the effect of British appeasement policies, explains the significance of American isolation & examines the ambitions of Italy, Japan and Russia.
The author analyses the reasosn for the outbreak of the Second World War, which has been one of the most controversial of all historical topics.
The Path to Destruction is a clear and concise account of the origins of the Second World War.
It features a variety of lively source materials with questions and exercises which help develop the skills and concepts required by GCSE.
It is a historical exhibition in Berlin's Reichstag building reflects that period of German history when essential foundations were laid for our nation's current governmental, social, and economic system and illustrates the forces, ideas, and decisions from which this system developed
The exhibition points out the far-reaching changes which occurred throughout the world, and the political situations which decisively affected Germany's historical development during the 19th and 20th centuries are analysed in detail
The perfect introduction to the question 'What is history?'. It provides the critical skills to begin making sense of the past.
Jenkins' clear and concise prose guides readers through the controversies and debates that surround historical thinking at the present time, providing them with the means to make their own discoveries.
This is a book on the history of the principle Fascist movements as they developed in the course of the 1920s and 1930s.
A factual and concise account of Italian Fascism up to 1929 and Nazism up to 1934.
Winston Churchill writes about the great figures of the past and the events that unfolded during WWII.
"A magnificent historical reconstruction and an enduring work of literature."
Ayçoberry uncovers the struggles of individuals and social and professional groups who stood up to the pressures of the Nazi Party and often paid a high price, while he also sheds light on the attempts of others—mainly upper- and middle-class professionals—to salvage or improve their positions by casting their lot with the Fuhrer
He writes what the Washington Post Book World has called "a subtle book that eschews facile generalizations and sensational accusations, and is full of prudent qualifications and warnings that what was true in one place and one time was not necessarily true twenty miles away or one year later.
In the spring and summer of 1942, five young German students and one professor at the University of Munich crossed the threshold of toleration to enter the realms of resistance, danger and death
This is an account of German resistance to the Third Reich. It is a window into human resilience in the face of dictatorship.
This book outlines and explains some of the major developments in contemporary history, from the end of the World War II to summer 1988.
It aims to provide detailed coverage of the developing world as well as Europe, The USA, the USSR and China.
The author draws on up-to-date scholarship to guide students through the maze of historical controversies concerning the Third Reich and to offer a comprehensive analysis of the key issues of the period.
Providing a concise but comprehensive account of the origins, course and downfall of the Third Reich, this new edition of an already classic text will be an invaluable introduction to the subject for students.
Michael Burleigh sets Nazi Germany in a European context, showing how the Third Reich's abandonment of liberal democracy, decency and tolerance was widespread in the Europe of the period.
He shows how a radical, pseudo-religious movement, led by an oddity with dazzling demagogic talents, seemed to offer salvation to a German exhausted by war, depression and galloping inflation.
Updated to meet the demands of today's A-level specifications, this new generation of Access to History titles includes accurate exam guidance based on examiners' reports, free online activity worksheets and contextual information that underpins students' understanding of the period.
It engages with sources, interpretations and the latest historical research: Students will evaluate a rich collection of visual and written materials, plus key debates that examine the views of different historians
The definitive study of Hitler's role in the greatest act of genocide of the twentieth century.
Through the recent discovery of documents, the central role that Hitler played in the persecution and murder of the European Jews can be proved much more conclusively than was possible just a few years ago.
This book contains interviews with more than 150 Germans who witnessed, participated in, or resisted the rise of Adolph Hitler.
Voices from the Third Reich takes the material of epic history and presents it in the form of the individual human experiences of men, women, and children subjected to the pressures of total war in a fascist state.
Beginning in the early nineteenth century and ending with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, award-winning historian Margaret Macmillan uncovers the huge political and technological changes, national decisions, and just as important, the small moments of human muddle and weakness that led Europe from peace to disaster.
The book explores how Europe chose its path towards war will change and enrich how we see this defining moment in history.
his title is a comprehensive core text investigating the history of Germany from the foundation of the Weimar Republic in 1918 to the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945.
It covers all the exam modules on twentieth-century Germany. Major themes include: Why Weimar democracy failed? How Hitler rose to power? How the Nazi regime affected people in Germany? The successes and failures of Nazi foreign policy.
This fourth edition of the classic text on the Weimar Republic begins with Germany's defeat in 1918 and the revolutionary disturbances which followed the collapse of Wilhelm II's Empire. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of the new regime, and the stresses created by the economic difficulties of the 1920s.
This edition, updated throughout and considerably expanded, takes full account of the last decade of research, including recent debates on the nature of the German revolution of 1918-19, the relationship between political upheavals and economic crises, and the question of whether there really was an alternative to the Third Reich in January 1933.
This resource charts the political developments of this period, from the setting up of the Weimar republic and its early challenges, through its period of relative stability to the rise of the Nazi party.
Throughout the book key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam style questions and tips provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.
Weimar Germany illuminates an era of strikingly progressive achievements, and even greater promise. Weitz explains how Germans rose from the defeat of World War I and the turbulence of revolution to forge democratic institutions and make Berlin a world capital of avant-garde art.
It shows that beneath this glossy veneer lay political turmoil that ultimately led to the demise of the republic and the rise of the radical Right.
This book considers the events in Germany in this crucial period after the First World War.
Exploring such themes as the declaration of the Republic, the impact of the Treaty of Versailles and the events leading to Hitler's gaining power, this book illuminates the political workings of the Weimar Republic and evaluates its successes and failures.
Professor Kolb provides a clear historical narrative of the political, social, economic and cultural developments of the Weimar Republic, setting it within the international context of the inter-war period. In the second part he surveys and analyses scholarly research in the field which sheds light on the problems and controversies of the period in home and foreign affairs.
It provides an excellent introduction to the history of the Weimar Republic and a guide to the state of research for more advanced students.
Professor Hiden shows how the circumstances which brought the Weimar Republic into being severely limited its freedom of action.
Considers the economic and political crisis of 1929-33 within Weimar that made it so vulnerable.
The author examines the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually the Second World War
It an explores the legacy of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles, discusses the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement, assesses the leadership of Stresemann and Bruning, examines the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler, and outlines the historiography of the Weimar Republic.
When Titans Clashed provides the first full account of this epic struggle from the Soviet perspective. David Glantz, one of the world's foremost authorities on the Soviet military, and Jonathan House present a fundamentally new interpretation of what the Russians called the Great Patriotic War.
An essential volume for anyone interested in World War II or Soviet history, When Titans Clashed will change forever how we look at one of the greatest military confrontations in world history.
Who's Who in Nazi Germany looks at the individuals who influenced every aspect of life in Nazi Germany. It covers a representative cross-section of German society from 1933-1945
Who's Who in Nazi Germany is a fascinating and indispensible source of reference for all those interested in this pivotal period in twentieth-century history.
This is a history of the experiences of diverse women in Nazi Germany in peacetime and during the Second World War, within the context of twentieth century European history. It argues that the Nazi regime's aim was to purge and then control the majority of 'Aryan' women, invading their privacy as well as both mobilizing them for the regime's projects and indoctrinating their children to a sense of service.
The book discusses the 'perpetrators and victims' debate, the salience of 'class' in Nazi Germany and the extent to which Nazism provided new opportunities for women. The Documents Section presents many sources previously unpublished in English.
This groundbreaking work examines the official Nazi portrayal of women in the Third Reich as well as the real lives of eight women who were a part of the Nazi regime or played a role in its ascendancy.
Many women in German high society were fascinated by Adolf Hitler and helped him to achieve political power .
The ninth edition of this enormously successful standard work has been expanded to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan; the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers; the major political developments in Latin America, including the rise and perhaps fall of Chavez in Venezuela; the march of globalisation and the popular protest movements against; the expansion eastwards of the European Union; instability in the Middle East and the question of oil and energy supply.
Marked throughout by Calvocoressi's characteristic erudition and elegance, World Politics since 1945 is an essential reading for those who need to understand the great sweeps of contemporary history