The Third Reich in Power

by Evans, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780143037903
• ISBN10: 0143037900
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-26
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

The definitive account of Germany’s malign transformation under Hitler’s total rule and the implacable march to war This magnificent second volume of Richard J. Evans’s three-volume history of Nazi Germany was hailed by Benjamin Schwartz of the Atlantic Monthlyas the definitive English-language account... gripping and precise.” It chronicles the incredible story of Germany’s radical reshaping under Nazi rule. As those who were deemed unworthy to be counted among the German people were dealt with in increasingly brutal terms, Hitler’s drive to prepare Germany for the war that he saw as its destiny reached its fateful hour in September 1939. The Third Reich in Poweris the fullest and most authoritative account yet written of how, in six years, Germany was brought to the edge of that terrible abyss.

Author Biography

Richard J . Evans is professor of modern history at Cambridge University. His award- winning books include Death in Hamburg, In Hitler-'s Shadow, and Rituals of Retribution. The Coming of the Third Reich is the highly acclaimed first volume of his three- volume history of Nazi Germany.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Maps	xiii
Preface	xv
Prologue	1	(19)
1 The Police State
'NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES'	20	(22)
REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE	42	(25)
'ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE'	67	(14)
INSTRUMENTS OF TERROR	81	(39)
2 The Mobilization of the Spirit
ENLIGHTENING THE PEOPLE	120	(21)
WRITING FOR GERMANY	141	(23)
PROBLEMS OF PERSPECTIVE	164	(23)
FROM DISCORD TO HARMONY	187	(33)
3 Converting the Soul
MATTERS OF FAITH	220	(14)
CATHOLICS AND PAGANS	234	(27)
WINNING OVER THE YOUNG	261	(30)
'STRUGGLE AGAINST THE INTELLECT'	291	(31)
4 Prosperity and Plunder
'THE BATTLE FOR WORK'	322	(29)
BUSINESS, POLITICS AND WAR	351	(27)
ARYANIZING THE ECONOMY	378	(14)
DIVISION OF THE SPOILS	392	(22)
5 Building the People's Community
BLOOD AND SOIL	414	(21)
THE FATE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES	435	(20)
THE TAMING OF THE PROLETARIAT	455	(22)
SOCIAL PROMISE AND SOCIAL REALITY	477	(29)
6 Toward; the Racial Utopia
IN THE SPIRIT OF SCIENCE	506	(30)
THE NUREMBERG LAWS	536	(19)
'THE JEWS MUST GET OUT OF EUROPE'	555	(25)
THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS	580	(32)
7 The Road to War
FROM WEAKNESS TO STRENGTH	612	(26)
CREATING GREATER GERMANY	638	(27)
THE RAPE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA	665	(24)
MARCH INTO THE EAST	689	(24)
Notes	713	(114)
Bibliography	827	(74)
Index	901