The Third Reich

Preface, Map: The Expansion of the German Reich, 1935–43 PART ONE HISTORICAL SURVEY (A) Seizure of Power and Gleichschaltung, 1933–5 1 The Creation of Totalitarian Dictatorship 2 The First Phase of Nazi Foreign Policy (B) Preparations for War, 1936–9 1 German Foreign Policy: from Revisionism to Expansionism 2 The Consolidation of Nazi Rule and the Arms Industry (C) Germany in the Second World War, 1939–42 1 Hitler’s Foreign Policy and Conduct of the War 2 Internal Developments, Racial Policy and the Treatment of Occupied Territories (D) ‘World Power or Destruction’, 1943–5 1 Hopes of Final Victory in ‘Total War’ 2 Nazi Terror and German Resistance, Summary, Concluding Remarks: the Third Reich in German and European History PART TWO BASIC PROBLEMS AND TRENDS OF RESEARCH Introduction 1 Fascism 3 The Third Reich and the Business World 4 The Structure of the Leadership 5 Foreign and Racial Policy 6 The German Resistance 7 The Verdict of Historians on the Third Reich