Hitler and Nazism

Dick Geary, one of the foremost experts on the history of 20th-century Germany, analyzes key themes of Nazism in *Hitler and Nazism*. The author addresses the relationship between people and government during the Third Reich, the complexity of power networks within Germany after 1933, social transformations during the Third Reich, and the role of women in Nazi society. Geary demonstrates the extent to which mentalities were transformed and identities destroyed in Germany. Starting from questions such as the origins of Hitler's anti-Semitic and anti-socialist ideas and the reasons why the parliamentary government of the Weimar Republic collapsed only in 1929-30, he discusses the rise of Hitler and Nazism in post-World War I Germany.