Gerhard L. Weinberg, Weinberg Gerhard L.

Germany, Hitler, and World War II

Essays in Modern German and World History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays, previously widely scattered and some never before published in English, illuminates the nature of the Nazi system and its impact on Germany and the world. Emphasis is placed on illuminating key topics which have been badly misunderstood or misrepresented in the past, including the true impact of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, the connections between the European and Pacific theaters of war, and Germany's relations with England, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521566261
• ISBN-10: 0521566266
• Artikelnr.: 20985615

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Background: 1. The defeat of Germany in 1918 and the European balance of power
2. National Socialist organisation and aims in 1927
3. The world through Hitler's eyes
Part II. The Nazi System: 4. The Nazi revolution: a war against human rights
5. Propaganda for peace and preparation for war
Part III. Background for War: 6. Hitler and England, 1933-1945: pretence and reality
7. German foreign policy and Austria
8. Germany, Munich, and appeasement
9. A proposed compromise over Danzig in 1939? 10. The German generals and the outbreak of war, 1938-1939
11. Hitler's decision for war
Part IV. World War II: 12. German diplomacy toward the Soviet Union
13. The Nazi-Soviet pacts: a half-century later
14. Germany and the United States, 1917-1949
15. Germany and Pearl Harbour
16. Global conflict: relations between the European and Pacific theatres in World War II
17. The Holocaust and the war in 1943
18. The German resistance to Hitler
19. D-Day after 50 years
20. German plans for victory
21. Reflections on running a war: Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Tojo
22. Some thoughts on World War II
23. At the end: a new Germany in a new world Appendix: The end of Ranke's history: reflections on the fate of history in the twentieth century.