{"product_id":"the-third-reich-a-history-of-nazi-germany-9781451651140","title":"The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Riveting...An elegantly composed study, important and even timely\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) history of the Third Reich--how Adolf Hitler and a core group of Nazis rose from obscurity to power and plunged the world into World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"the new definitive volume on the subject\" (\u003ci\u003eHouston Press\u003c\/i\u003e), Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and anti-Semitic as he lived on the margins of society. Fueled by outrage at the punitive terms imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty, he found his voice and drew a loyal following. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs his views developed, Hitler attracted like-minded colleagues who formed the nucleus of the nascent Nazi party. Between 1924 and 1929, Hitler and his party languished in obscurity on the radical fringes of German politics, but the onset of the Great Depression gave them the opportunity to move into the mainstream. Hitler blamed Germany's misery on the victorious allies, the Marxists, the Jews, and big business--and the political parties that represented them. By 1932 the Nazis had become the largest political party in Germany, and within six months they transformed a dysfunctional democracy into a totalitarian state and began the inexorable march to World War II and the Holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is these fraught times that Childers brings to life: the Nazis' unlikely rise and how they consolidated their power once they achieved it. Based in part on German documents seldom used by previous historians, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"powerful...reminder of what happens when power goes unchecked\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). This is the most comprehensive and readable one-volume history of Nazi Germany since the classic \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRise and Fall of the Third Reich.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChilders, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Thomas Childers was formerly the Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards. Childers has held visiting professorships at Trinity Hall College, Cambridge, Smith College, and Swarthmore College, and he has lectured in London, Oxford, Berlin, Munich, and other universities in the United States and Europe. He is the author or editor of several books about modern German history and the Second World War.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566524535058,"sku":"9781451651140","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b7008fa-5788-4026-bf3c-f1b4a5a5276b.jpg?v=1731901149","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-third-reich-a-history-of-nazi-germany-9781451651140","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}