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Author:   Ian Kershaw (, University of Sheffield)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   Reissue
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.10cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9780192802064

ISBN 10:   0192802062
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 September 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Making of the 'Hitler Myth', 1920-19401: 'Fuhrer of the Coming Germany': The Hitler Image in the Weimar Era 2: 'Symbol of the Nation': The Propaganda Profile of Hitler, 1933-1936 3: 'Fuhrer without Sin': Hitler and the 'Little Hitlers' 'The Fuhrer restores Order': 'The Night of the Long Knives', 30 June 1934 The 'Little Hitlers': The Image of the Local Party Bosses 4: The Fuhrer versus the Radicals: Hitler's Image and the 'Church Struggle' 5: Hitler the Statesman: War and Peace in the Balance 'Triumph without Bloddshed' Tension War Part Two: The Breaking of the 'Hitler Myth', 1940-19456: Blitzkrieg Triumph: High Peak of Popularity, 1940-1941 7: The War turns Sour: The 'Hitler Myth' starts to crumble 8: Defeat and Disaster: The 'Hitler Myth' collapses Part Three: The 'Hitler Myth' and the Path to Genecide9: Hitler's popular Image and the 'Jewish Question' Conclusion

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The strength of Kershaw's study is that he moves beyond a description of the construction of the 'Hitler myth' to analyze its strength and resiliency. --The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Review from previous edition a book which should be read by everyone interested in the history of 20th-century Europe ... perhaps the most revealing study available of popular opinion in Nazi Germany * Times Higher Education Supplement *

`Review from previous edition a book which should be read by everyone interested in the history of 20th-century Europe ... perhaps the most revealing study available of popular opinion in Nazi Germany ' Times Higher Education Supplement

The strength of Kershaw's study is that he moves beyond a description of the construction of the 'Hitler myth' to analyze its strength and resiliency. --The Richmond Times-Dispatch<br>

Author Information

Ian Kershaw is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield. His publications include Popular Opinion and Political Dissent in the Third Reich: Bavaria 1933-45 (OUP, 1983); (ed.), Weimar: Why did German Democracy Fail? (Weidenfeld, 1990); Hitler: A Profile in Power (Longman, 1991); The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation (Edward Arnold, 3rd edn, 1993); (ed., with Moshe Lewin), Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships in Comparison (Cambridge U. P., 1997); Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris (Penguin, 1998). His focus includes numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era. His research interests extend to include numerous aspects of German history in the periods of the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the postwar era.

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