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Autore |
Lynch Michael J. <1938-, > |
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Titolo |
Hitler / / Michael Lynch |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-21042-3 |
0-203-09493-X |
1-283-84367-6 |
1-136-21043-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge historical biographies |
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Soggetti |
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Heads of state - Germany |
National socialism |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
Germany Politics and government 1933-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Hitler; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of maps; List of figures and tables; Figures; Tables; Chronology; Introduction; Hitler's career; Historians and Hitler; 1: Aimless years, 1889-1919; The young Hitler; In Vienna; Hitler the soldier; Pasewalk, 1918; The November Revolution, 1918; Ebert and the Spartacists; Moving Left; 2: Moving from Left to Right,1919-22; The NSDAP; Hitler's appeal; Hitler as party leader; The Nazi cult of violence; The SA; 3: Building a party, 1922-29; The Munich putsch, 1923; Mein Kampf; The Berghof; A new approach |
Asserting authority over the partyThe leader principle; Structuring the party; 4: Manoeuvring into office, 1929-33; Exploiting the Depression; The National Opposition; The Hitler-Strasser dispute; Geli Raubal; Running for president; Gaining the chancellorship; Explaining Hitler's success; In office; 5: The Third Reich, 1933-39; Hitler as chancellor; The Reichstag fire; The Enabling Act; Gleichschaltung (consolidation), 1933-34; The Night of the Long Knives, June 1934; President and chancellor; The SS; The German economy under Hitler; The four-year |
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plan; 6: Foreign affairs, 1933-38 |
Leaving the LeagueAustria, Saarland, rearmament; The Anglo-German naval agreement, 1935; The Rhineland reoccupied; Italy and Japan; Hitler and Franco; The Hossbach Memorandum; The Blomberg and Fritsch affairs, 1938; Anschluss, 1938; Triumphalism; 7: Hitler's Germany; The persecution of the Jews; The Berlin Olympics, 1936; Renewed persecution; Kristallnacht; Training the young; The Hitler Youth; The German Labour Front; Hitler and women; Hitler's style of government; Hitler's entourage; The Hitler cult; Eva Braun; Hitler's tastes; Hitler's euthanasia programme; 8: Towards war, 1938-39 |
The Czech crisisMunich; The end of Czechoslovakia; Danzig; Poland; The Nazi-Soviet Pact; Last steps to war; 9: Hitler's Reich at war, 1939-41; 'Close your hearts to pity'; 'Miraculous salvation'; Dunkirk; The fall of France; Britain's survival; The Commissar Order; Operation Barbarossa; War with the USA; Assassination attempts; Towards the Holocaust; Hitler's responsibility; 10: Defeat and disaster, 1942-45; North Africa; Stalingrad; Kursk, July 1943; Crisis in Italy, 1943-45; Relaxing at the Berghof; The turning of the tide, 1943-45; D-Day and Operation Bagration, 1944; The July Bomb Plot |
V-weapons, 1944-45The Ardennes offensive - Hitler's last throw; Ending it all; Conclusion; Weak or strong?; Author of his own misfortunes?; Hitler and the people; Notes; Introduction; 1 Aimless years, 1889-1919; 2 Moving from Left to Right, 1919-22; 3 Building a party, 1922-29; 4 Manoeuvring into office, 1929-33; 5 The Third Reich, 1933-39; 6 Foreign affairs, 1933-38; 7 Hitler's Germany; 8 Towards war, 1938-39; 9 Hitler's Reich at war, 1939-41; 10 Defeat and disaster, 1942-45; Conclusion; Further reading; Sources; General histories; Biographies; Psycho-Histories; Memoirs; Particular themes |
The Holocaust |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Adolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject of perennial fascination. Balancing narrative and analysis, this biography employs a chronological approach to describe the main features of Hitler's career. Set against the background of developments in Germany and Europe during his lifetime, the text tells the extraordinary story of how an Austrian layabout rose to become Führer of the Third Reich. The chapters incorporate into t |
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