This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany. Combining compelling narrative storytelling with analysis, Joseph Bendersky presents an authoritative survey of the major political, economic, and social factors that powered the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Now in its third edition, the book incorporates the significant research of recent years. Delving into the complexity of social life within the Nazi state, it also reemphasizes the crucial role played by racial ideology in determining the policies and practices of the Third Reich. Bendersky paints a fascinating picture of how average citizens negotiated their way through both the threatening power behind certain Nazi policies and the strong enticements to acquiesce or collaborate. His classic treatment provides an invaluable overview of a subject that retains its historical significance and contemporary importance.

Traces the history of anti-Semitism in the U.S. military and its influence on policy decisions, as exemplified by the group of high-ranking military officers who called themselves as the 'Secret Americans.' Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Traces the history of anti-Semitism in the U.S. military and its influence on policy decisions, as exemplified by the group of high-ranking military officers who called themselves as the 'Secret Americans.' 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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Examines the rise of the Nazi party, discusses anti-Semitism, Nazi ideology, and foreign policy in Hitler's Germany, and attempts to explain why there wasn't greater opposition to Nazism

Product Description: Basing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory...read more