| The Third Reich: A New History Contributor(s): Burleigh, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 080909326X ISBN-13: 9780809093267 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: A Major Study of One of the Twentieth Century's Darkest Periods Until now there has been no up-to-date, one-volume, international history of Nazi Germany, despite its being among the most studied phenomena of our time. The Third Reich restores a broad perspective and intellectual unity to issues that have become academic subspecialties and offers a brilliant new interpretation of Hitler's evil rule. Filled with human and moral considerations that are missing from theoretical accounts, Michael Burleigh's book gives full weight to the experience of ordinary people who were swept up in, or repelled by, Hitler's movement and emphasizes international themes-for Nazi Germany appealed to many European nations, and its wartime conduct included efforts to dominate the Continental economy and involved gigantic population transfers and exterminations, recruitment of foreign labor, and multinational armies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Holocaust - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 943 |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (2.55 lbs) 992 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Major Study of One of the Twentieth Century's Darkest Periods Until now there has been no up-to-date, one-volume, international history of Nazi Germany, despite its being among the most studied phenomena of our time. The Third Reich restores a broad perspective and intellectual unity to issues that have become academic subspecialties and offers a brilliant new interpretation of Hitler's evil rule. Filled with human and moral considerations that are missing from theoretical accounts, Michael Burleigh's book gives full weight to the experience of ordinary people who were swept up in, or repelled by, Hitler's movement and emphasizes international themes-for Nazi Germany appealed to many European nations, and its wartime conduct included efforts to dominate the Continental economy and involved gigantic population transfers and exterminations, recruitment of foreign labor, and multinational armies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burleigh, Michael: - Michael Burleigh is a professor of history at Washington and Lee University. He is the author of several books on Germany, including Death and Deliverance and Ethics and Extermination. |