The Third Reich provides an accessible analysis of the origins, course and downfall of the Nazi regime. This edition is updated to cover the latest research, containing new material on topics such as ethnic cleansing, the role of the Wehrmacht, the Holocaust, attitudes of ordinary Germans, the German opposition and Nazi foreign policy.

David G. Williamson has written extensively on modern German and European history. Among his recent publications are Poland Betrayed: The Nazi Soviet Invasions of 1939 (2011), Germany Since 1789: A Nation Forged and Renewed (2nd edition, 2016) and, also in the Seminar Studies series, Bismarck and Germany (3rd edition, 2010). Formerly head of history at Highgate School, he is now a writer and freelance lecturer.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

1. THE HISTORICAL DEBATE

PART TWO: ANALYSIS

2. THE ORIGINS AND RISE OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM

3. THE LEGAL REVOLUTION AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF POWER, 1933-34

4. STATE, PARTY AND FÜHRER: THE GOVERNMENT OF NAZI GERMANY, 1933-39

5. THE ECONOMY, 1933-39

6. THE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY: GERMAN SOCIETY AND THE THIRD REICH, 1933-39

8. FOREIGN POLICY, 1933-39

9. GERMANY, EUROPE AND THE WORLD, 1939-45

10. THE HOME FRONT, 1939-45

11. THE GERMAN OPPOSITION

PART THREE: ASSESSMENT

12. THE THIRD REICH IN RETROSPECT

PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS

Guide to Further Reading

References

Index