| Description |
xvii, 926 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.̀Beasts in Human Form' -- Lightning Victory -- The New Racial Order -- ̀A Dreadful Rabble' -- ̀Life Unworthy of Life' -- 2.Fortunes of War -- ̀The work of Providence' -- ̀Pathological Ambition' -- Operation Barbarossa -- In the Tracks of Napoleon -- 3.̀The Final Solution' -- ̀No Pity, Nothing' -- Launching Genocide -- The Wannsee Conference -- ̀Like Sheep to the Slaughter' -- 4.The New Order -- The Sinews of War -- ̀No Better Off Than Pigs' -- Under the Nazi Heel -- Total War -- 5.̀The Beginning of the End' -- Germany in Flames -- The Long Retreat -- ̀Hell has Broken Out' -- A New ̀Time of Struggle' -- 6.German Moralities -- Fear and Guilt -- Cultures of Destruction -- Deadly Science -- Resistance -- 7.Downfall -- ̀A Last Spark of Hope' -- ̀We'll Take a World With us -- The Final Defeat -- Aftermath |
| Summary |
In 1939 Hitler mobilized Germany into all-out war. This book conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict - from generals and front-line soldiers to Hitler Youth activists and middle-class housewives - tracing events from the invasion of Poland and the Battle of Stalingrad to Hitler's plans for genocide and his eventual suicide |
| Notes |
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054594
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
9780141015484 |
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0141015489 |
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