LEADER 05668oam 2200769I 450 001 9910786302503321 005 20220214200256.0 010 $a1-136-21042-3 010 $a0-203-09493-X 010 $a1-283-84367-6 010 $a1-136-21043-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203094938 035 $a(CKB)2670000000298883 035 $a(EBL)1075112 035 $a(OCoLC)821175313 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000827309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11450301 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10821567 035 $a(PQKB)10348533 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075112 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1075112 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10630805 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415617 035 $a(OCoLC)819854840 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134900 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298883 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHitler /$fMichael Lynch 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge historical biographies 225 0$aRoutledge historical biographies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-43646-X 311 $a0-415-43647-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aAsserting 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 plan; 6: Foreign affairs, 1933-38 327 $aLeaving 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, 1938-39 327 $aThe 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 327 $aV-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 327 $aThe Holocaust 330 $aAdolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century. The story of his life, how he became a dictator, and how he managed to convince so many to follow his cause is a subject of perennial fascination. Balancing narrative and analysis, this biography employs a chronological approach to describe the main features of Hitler's career. Set against the background of developments in Germany and Europe during his lifetime, the text tells the extraordinary story of how an Austrian layabout rose to become Fu?hrer of the Third Reich. The chapters incorporate into t 410 0$aRoutledge Historical Biographies 606 $aHeads of state$zGermany$vBiography 606 $aNational socialism 606 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1933-1945 615 0$aHeads of state 615 0$aNational socialism. 615 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 676 $a943.086092 676 $aB 700 $aLynch$b Michael J.$f1938-,$01537787 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786302503321 996 $aHitler$93787311 997 $aUNINA