Table of Contents
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Part 1 - THE LEGACY OF THE PAST
GERMAN PECULIARITIES
GOSPELS OF HATE
THE SPIRIT OF 1914
DESCENT INTO CHAOS
Part 2 - THE FAILURE OF DEMOCRACY
THE WEAKNESSES OF WEIMAR
THE GREAT INFLATION
CULTURE WARS
THE FIT AND THE UNFIT
Part 3 - THE RISE OF NAZISM
BOHEMIAN REVOLUTIONARIES
THE BEER-HALL PUTSCH
REBUILDING THE MOVEMENT
THE ROOTS OF COMMITMENT
Part 4 - TOWARDS THE SEIZURE OF POWER
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY
THE VICTORY OF VIOLENCE
FATEFUL DECISIONS
Part 5 - CREATING THE THIRD REICH
THE TERROR BEGINS
FIRE IN THE REICHSTAG
DEMOCRACY DESTROYED
BRINGING GERMANY INTO LINE
Part 6 - HITLER’S CULTURAL REVOLUTION
DISCORDANT NOTES
THE PURGE OF THE ARTS
‘AGAINST THE UN-GERMAN SPIRIT’
A ‘REVOLUTION OF DESTRUCTION’?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
