This text focuses on major historical turning points that occurred after 1917: the rise of Nazism on the Right and authoritarianism on the Left. It provides a framework for understanding this ideological confrontation - democracy versus totalitarianism in the forms of fascism, Nazism and communism.
The Origins, Structure, and Consequences of National Socialism
"There have been many studies of National Socialism published since the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. None, however, has satisfactorily explained why the Weimar Republic failed, how Hitler succeeded in taking power, and whether National Socialism has been truly defeated or survives in Germany today. In his search for the answers to these questions, Karl Dietrich Bracher has written what has already been acclaimed as a masterpiece of historical and political analysis, the most comprehensive and illuminating study of National Socialism to appear to date."
German
um Faschismus, Totalitarismus, Demokratie 5., überarb. Aufl., 19.Tsd 1984 184 S. Taschenbuch Piper,
Aus dem Inhalt:§1. Vom Beginn der Diktatur bis zur Entfesselung des Krieges§2. NS-Herrschaft im Zweiten Weltkrieg§3. Das Dritte Reich im Spiegel der Forschung: Positionen und Perspektiven
