There is renewed interest in the Nazi Party that ruled Germany as a fascist state from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. However, the events that led to the rise of Nazism--and the near victory of the Axis Powers in World War II--date back to the economics and politics of 1860s Europe.
From facts about the iron-fisted rulers who forged a new German empire to clear analysis of the Third Reich's psychological, political, and military underpinnings, learn all there is to know about the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi Germany, including:
The unification of Germany and the formation of the first empire under Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck
How the Versailles Treaty's disarmament of Germany after World War I failed to ensure peace
Adolf Hitler's evolution from an imprisoned revolutionary to Nazi dictator
The Nazi reign over Germany and occupied countries--including the military strategies of World War II
The German military officers who plotted to assassinate Hitler
Alan Axelrod is a renowned historian and business writer. He was the co author of the New York Times bestseller What Every American Should Know About American History as well as the BusinessWeek bestsellers Patton on Leadership and Elizabeth I, CEO. He has written extensively on the Civil War.
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There is renewed interest in the Nazi Party that ruled Germany as a fascist state from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. However, the events that led to the rise of Nazism--and the near victory of the Axis Powers in World War II--date back to the economics and politics of 1860s Europe.
From facts about the iron-fisted rulers who forged a new German empire to clear analysis of the Third Reich's psychological, political, and military underpinnings, learn all there is to know about the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi Germany, including:
The unification of Germany and the formation of the first empire under Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck
How the Versailles Treaty's disarmament of Germany after World War I failed to ensure peace
Adolf Hitler's evolution from an imprisoned revolutionary to Nazi dictator
The Nazi reign over Germany and occupied countries--including the military strategies of World War II
The German military officers who plotted to assassinate Hitler
Alan Axelrod is a renowned historian and business writer. He was the co author of the New York Times bestseller What Every American Should Know About American History as well as the BusinessWeek bestsellers Patton on Leadership and Elizabeth I, CEO. He has written extensively on the Civil War.
View titles by Alan Axelrod, Ph.D.