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The Nazi Dictatorship
Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation - 40th Anniversary Edition
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
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The best short introduction to the study of Hitler’s Germany. - European History Quarterly The 40th-anniversary edition of Sir Ian Kershaw’s ground-breaking study of the Third Reich. With a brand new foreword by Mary Fulbrook, The Nazi Dictatorship covers all the major themes and debates relating...
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The best short introduction to the study of Hitler’s Germany. - European History Quarterly
The 40th-anniversary edition of Sir Ian Kershaw’s ground-breaking study of the Third Reich. With a brand new foreword by Mary Fulbrook, The Nazi Dictatorship covers all the major themes and debates relating to Nazism including the Holocaust, Hitler’s authority and leadership, economics in the Nazi state, Nazi foreign policy, German resistance, and the aftermath.
Regarded by many as the world’s leading authority on Hitler and the Third Reich, Kershaw has redefined the way we look at this period of modern European history.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781350537996
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Sir Ian Kershaw was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield, UK. Among his other publications is the internationally acclaimed biography Hitler (2 vols, 1998 and 2000). He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.
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