The Third Reich in Power, 1933 1939

The Third Reich in Power examines how it was possible for a group of ideological obsessive to remould a society famous for its sophistication and complexity into a one-party state directed at war and race hate. Richard J. Evans shows how the Nazis won over the hearts and minds of German citizens, twisted science, religion and culture, and transformed the economy, education, law and order to achieve total dominance in German politics and society. Drawing on an extraordinary range of research, blending narrative, description and analysis he creates a picture of a dictatorship consumed by visceral hatreds and ambitions and driven by war.

Documents the radical and rapid transformation of Germany in its first year under Nazi rule, exploring how virtually every area of life, from the arts and religion to education and literature, was reordered to comply with the regime's preparations for the war, in an account that also describes the increasing brutality that was suffered by marginalized groups. 50,000 first printing.