02817cam a2200469La 4500 51653 20230410105220.0 050201t20052003nyuab b 001 0 eng d 2003063205 (OCoLC)ocm57564315 IG# IG# BUR OCL BAKER LVB YDXCP HNW BTCTA 0143034693 9780143034698 IG# 0143034693 YDXCP 2146629 (OCoLC)57564315 e-gx--- DD221 .E92 2005 943.08 22 Evans, Richard J. The coming of the Third Reich / Richard J. Evans. New York : Penguin Books, 2005, c2003. xxxiv, 622 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [462]-584) and index. There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand. In 1900 Germany was the most progressive and dynamic nation in Europe, the only country whose rapid technological and social growth and change challenged that of the United States. Its political culture was less authoritarian than Russia's and less anti-Semitic than France's; representative institutions were thriving, and competing political parties and elections were a central part of life. How then can we explain the fact that in little more than a generation this stable modern country would be in the hands of a violent, racist, extremist political movement that would lead it and all of Europe into utter moral, physical, and cultural ruin? A synthesis of a vast body of scholarly work integrated with important new research and interpretations, Evans's history restores drama and contingency to the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazis, even as he shows how ready Germany was by the early 1930s for such a takeover to occur. The first book of what will be a three-volume history of Nazi Germany.--From publisher description. The legacy of the past -- The failure of democracy -- The rise of Nazism -- Towards the seizure of power -- Creating the Third Reich -- Hitler's cultural revolution. Germany History 1871-1918. Germany History 1918-1933. National socialism History. Germany Politics and government 1871-1933. Nazisme Histoire. Allemagne Histoire 1871-1918. Allemagne Histoire 1918-1933. Allemagne Politique et gouvernement 1871-1933. Ingram INGR 0143034693 Baker & Taylor BKTY 18.00 13.50 0143034693 0006097002 active YBP Library Services YANK 2146629 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0006097002 lcc bk clperez C0 DRFGD 32276 32276 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 3 0 DD221 .E92 2005 00000052790 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk