Hitler's True Believers :How Ordinary People Became Nazis
Hitler's True Believers :How Ordinary People Became Nazis
hardback
Published:
4 September, 2020
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780190689902 |
| ISBN10 | 0190689900 |
| Number Of Pages | 464 |
| Item Weight | 839 g |
| Product Dimensions | 155 x 236 x 43 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
This work is worthy of serious attention. The way in which the nationalist, socialist, and antisemitic view of Hitler and his political party fit with the preferences of many Germans surely deserves the exposure that this book affords them. * The Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
This sweeping account draws on career-long research by one of the foremost scholars of Nazism today. Hitler's True Believers gets at the core of a perennial question: why did people choose to follow Hitler? Rather than focusing on the leader himself, Gellately delves deeply into an ideology defined by nationalism, socialism, and antisemitism. Nazi socialism must be taken especially seriously, he argues, and he shows that Germans often shared the party's ideas before they joined it, just as the party drew on popular impulses. To learn how the Nazis obtained and maintained the support of millions of Germans, this outstanding book will be essential reading for many years to come. * Julia Torrie, Professor of History, St. Thomas University *
A remarkable read. Gellately argues with conviction that if we want to fully understand why millions of ordinary Germans became 'true believers' in Nazism, then we need to look beyond Hitler's 'charisma' and take seriously the presence of National Socialist dreams and desires in the plural. * Matthew Stibbe, Professor of Modern European History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK *
Robert Gellately's Hitler's True Believers provides a powerful rebuttal of the tendency to present National Socialism as 'nonsensical and irrational.' Its arguments - that Hitler was a man of ideas and that we cannot understand Nazi Germany's considerable staying powers unless we take the regime's socialist attitudes and expectations seriously - are as provocative as they are persuasive. Gellately's book is the most important and original book on the history of the Third Reich published in a generation. * Thomas Weber, author of Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi *
A clear and accessible account of an atrocious yet widely popular regime. * Moritz Föllmer, American Historical Review *
Thoughtful, thorough and well-written book. * H-Soz-Kult *
Thanks to Gellately's engaging storytelling, this book would serve as an excellent survey for undergraduates of how a fascist movement could generate sufficient legitimacy both for domestic policy changes and for a global war of destruction. * Andrew Stuart Bergerson, Journal of Modern History *
Thanks to Gellately's engaging storytelling, this book would serve as an excellent survey for undergraduates of how a fascist movement could generate sufficient legitimacy both for domestic policy changes and for a global war of destruction. * Andrew Stuart Bergerson, Journal of Modern History *
Author's Bio
Robert Gellately is Earl Ray Beck Professor of History at Florida State University. He is the author of Stalin's Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War, Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany, The Gestapo and German Society: Enforcing Racial Policy, The Politics of Economic Despair: Shopkeepers and German Politics, and Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe.