Germans into Nazis
By: Peter Fritzsche.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Nationalism -- Germany -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Germany; National socialism; National characteristics, German; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933; Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933; Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
Description: "Why did ordinary Germans vote for Hitler? In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, Peter Fritzsche explains why the Nazis were so popular and what was behind the political choice made by the German people." "Rejecting the view that Germans voted for the Nazis simply because they hated the Jews, or had been humiliated in World War I, or had been ruined by the Great Depression, Fritzsche makes the controversial argument that Nazism was part of a larger process of democratization and political invigoration that began with the outbreak of the war."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-264) and index.