Germany 1918–45

by Paul Grey , Rosemarie Little

• ISBN13: 9780521568623
• ISBN10: 0521568625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Germany is a popular topic of study for students working towards GCSE. This text covers the main events between the end of the First World War and Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, and is suitable for both S.H.P. and Modern World History syllabuses. Key questions are used to focus student attention, and excellent coverage is provided of the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, life during the Weimar period, Hitler's rise to power and the influence of the Nazi regime. A wide range of sources and illustrations help set the events of this period in context.

Table of Contents

1. Germany and the First World War

2. The Treaty of Versailles

3. German reaction to the treaty

4. A fair treaty?

5. The Weimar Republic

6. The Spartacist revolt

7. Democracy in Weimar Germany

8. Opposition to Weimar Germany (Part 1)

9. Opposition to Weimar Germany (Part 2)

10. 1924-29: stabilisation and recovery?

11. The Nazi party in the 1920s

12. Art and culture in the Weimar Republic

13. Was Weimar Germany doomed from the start?

14. The Depression, Nazi Germany and War

15. Hitler comes to power

16. From democracy to dictatorship

17. Prominent Nazis

18. Coercion and consent

19. Propaganda

20. Nazi persecution

21. Totalitarianism?

22. Young people in Nazi Germany

23. Women and the family

24. A popular regime?

25. 1939-45 Germany at war

26. Review: Hitler's Germany

Postscript: Germany since the end of the Nazi period