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Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2006. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-773) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. 1. Recovery. 'Every worker his work' ; Breaking away ; Partners : The regime and German business ; Volksgemeinschaft on a budget ; Saving the peasants -- Pt. 2. War in Europe. 1936 : Four years to war ; Into the danger zone ; 1939 : Nothing to gain by waiting ; Going for broke : The first winter of war ; Victory in the West - Sieg im Westen ; Britain and America : Hitler's strategic dilemma -- Pt. 3. World War. Preparing for two wars at once ; The grand strategy of racial war ; December 1941 : Turning point ; Labour, food and genocide ; Albert Speer : 'Miracle man' ; No room for doubt ; Disintegration ; The end -- Appendix : Supplementary data. |
| Summary |
In this groundbreaking history, Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi war machine and its undoing. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics--it was Hitler's obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler's view, to create a European empire strong enough to take on the United States. But as this book makes clear, Hitler's armies were never powerful enough to beat either Britain or the Soviet Union--and Hitler never had a serious plan as to how he might defeat the United States. An eye-opening and controversial account that will challenge conventional interpretations of the period.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Germany.
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| Standard # |
9780143113201 |
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0143113208 |
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