Professor Hildebrand gives a masterly and succinct account of Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945 and then analyses the major problems of interpretation and the extent to which common ground has been achieved by scholars in the field. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Preface, Map: The Expansion of the German Reich, 1935-43 PART ONE HISTORICAL SURVEY (A) Seizure of Power and Gleichschaltung, 1933-5 1 The Creation of Totalitarian Dictatorship 2 The First Phase of Nazi Foreign Policy (B) Preparations for War, 1936-9 1 German Foreign Policy: from Revisionism to Expansionism 2 The Consolidation of Nazi Rule and the Arms Industry (C) Germany in the Second World War, 1939-42 1 Hitler's Foreign Policy and Conduct of the War 2 Internal Developments, Racial Policy and the Treatment of Occupied Territories (D) 'World Power or Destruction', 1943-5 1 Hopes of Final Victory in 'Total War' 2 Nazi Terror and German Resistance, Summary, Concluding Remarks: the Third Reich in German and European History PART TWO BASIC PROBLEMS AND TRENDS OF RESEARCH Introduction 1 Fascism 3 The Third Reich and the Business World 4 The Structure of the Leadership 5 Foreign and Racial Policy 6 The German Resistance 7 The Verdict of Historians on the Third Reich