Vietnam or Nazi Germany

Vietnam: Explaining America's Lost War

Author: Gary R Hess

In Vietnam, Gary R. Hess describes and evaluates the main arguments of scholars, participants, and journalists – both revisionist and orthodox in their approach – as they consider why the United States was unable to achieve its objectives. While providing a clear and well-balanced account of the existing historical debate, Hess also offers his own interpretation of the events and opens a dialogue about the usefulness of historical argument in reaching a deeper understanding of the conflict. This concise book is essential reading for students and teachers of the Vietnam War as it provides a clear and well-balanced account of existing historical debate and a thought-provoking look at the future of historical scholarship.

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Nazi Germany

Author: Jane Caplan

The history of National Socialism as a movement and a regime remains one of the most compelling and intensively studied aspects of twentieth-century history, one whose significance extends far beyond Germany or even Europe. Featuring ten chapters by leading international experts, this volume presents an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the history of Nazi Germany.
Opening with an introduction delineating the challenges this period of history has posed to historians since 1945, Nazi Germany continues on with chapters that explain how Nazism emerged as an ideology and a political movement; how Hitler and his party took power and remade the German state; and how the Nazi "national community" was organized around a radical and eventually lethal distinction between the "included" and the "excluded." Later chapters discuss the complex relationship between Nazism and Germany's religious faiths; the perverse economic rationality of the regime; the path to war laid down by Hitler's foreign policy; and the intricate and intimate intertwining of war and genocide. The volume concludes with a final chapter on the aftermath of National Socialism in postwar German history and memory.

Table of Contents:

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Introduction Jane Caplan Caplan, Jane 1

1 The emergence of Nazi ideology Richard J. Evans Evans, Richard J. 26

2 The NSDAP 1919-1934: from fringe politics to the seizure of power Peter Fritzsche Fritzsche, Peter 48

3 Hitler and the Nazi state: leadership, hierarchy, and power Jeremy Noakes Noakes, Jeremy 73

4 Inclusion: building the national community in propaganda and practice Jill Stephenson Stephenson, Jill 99

5 The policy of exclusion: repression in the Nazi state, 1933-1939 Nikolaus Wachsmann Wachsmann, Nikolaus 122

6 Religion and the churches Richard Steigmann-Gall Steigmann-Gall, Richard 146

7 The economic history of the Nazi regime Adam Tooze Tooze, Adam 168

8 Foreign policy in peace and war Gerhard L. Weinberg Weinberg, Gerhard L. 196

9 Occupation, imperialism, and genocide, 1939-1945 Doris L. Bergen Bergen, Doris L. 219

10 The Third Reich in post-war German memory Robert G. Moeller Moeller, Robert G. 246

Further reading 267

Chronology 288

Maps 297

Index 305