Title The logic of evil : the social origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933 / William Brustein

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages) : illustrations, map Contents 1. Who Became Nazis and Why? -- 2. Weimar Political Parties -- 3. The Middle Class and Weimar Political Parties -- 4. The Working Class and Weimar Political Parties -- 5. Selective Incentives and Disincentives for Joining the Nazi Party -- Appendix A: Social Ranking and Occupational Standing -- Appendix B: Brustein-Falter BDC Membership Sample Variables -- Appendix C: A Chronology of Significant Weimar Events Summary Why did millions of apparently sane, rational Germans support the Nazi Party between 1925 and 1933? In this provocative book, William Brustein argues that the Nazi Party's emergence as the most popular political party in Germany was eminently logical and was largely a result of its success at fashioning economic programs that addressed the material needs of a wide range of German citizens Brustein has carefully analyzed a huge collection of pre-1933 Nazi Party membership data drawn from the official files at the Berlin Document Center. He argues that Nazi followers were more representative of German society as a whole - that they included more workers, more single women, and more Catholics - than most previous scholars have believed. Further, says Brustein, the patterns of membership reveal that people joined the Nazi Party not because of Hitler's irrational appeal or charisma or anti-Semitism but because the party, through its shrewd and proactive program, offered more benefits to more people than did the other political parties in Weimar Germany. According to Brustein, Nazi supporters were no different from citizens anywhere who select a political party or candidate they believe will promote their economic interests. The roots of evil, he suggests, may be ordinary indeed Analysis Political parties History Germany Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-228) and index Notes Print version record Subject Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. SUBJECT Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei fast Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. ram Subject National socialism. Political parties -- Germany -- History -- 20th century National Socialism. HISTORY. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties. Economic history National socialism Political parties Politics and government Social conditions Nationaal-socialisme. Sociale aspecten. National-socialisme -- Allemagne. Partis politiques -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945. Participation poltique -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1900-1945. SUBJECT Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054657 Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640 Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054497 Subject Germany Allemagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1918-1933. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585344868 9780585344867 9780300167283 0300167288 0300074328 9780300074321

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