The Third Reich

The Third Reich presents a unique collection of some of the most influential recent writing on vital aspects of Nazi Germany. It provides readers with an insight into new perspectives on traditional understandings of the Third Reich, as well as covering all the central aspects of the period, from the rise of the Nazis and the internal organisation of the regime to Germany's role in the Second World War.

The pieces incorporate discussion of social and economic change, the personality of Hitler, the role of women in Nazi Germany, the involvement of German armed forces in the atrocities of the Second World War, the relationship between the German people and the Gestapo, and, most controversially, continuing debates about German public opinion and the Holocaust.

A key feature is the inclusion of three seminal articles by German historians translated into English here for the first time. The volume begins with a substantial editorial introduction to current issues, and each essay is prefaced with a headnote, setting it in its historiographical context.