Format:
1 online resource (1074 pages)
ISBN:
9780191557798
Series Statement:
Germany and the Second World War Ser
Content:
Volume IX/I of this series focuses on how the war affected individuals - from soldiers to slave labourers. After examining the Party's role in moulding public attitudes and how German society related to the Holocaust, it looks at the social structure of military units, ideological indoctrination of the troops, and resistance to the regime.
Content:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- NOTES ON THE AUTHORS -- NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS -- FOREWORD -- A. At War, Abroad and at Home: The Essential Features of German Society in the Second World War -- I. 'WAR ON TWO FRONTS' -- II. A COHERENT WAR SOCIETY? -- 1. The Utopia of a Volksgemeinschaft at Arms -- 2. Propaganda as a Weapon -- 3. Hitler's Charismatic Rule, and the Führer Myth -- 4. Social Control, Self-Policing, and Resistance -- III. VIOLENCE GIVEN FREE REIN -- 1. Women on the 'Home Front' and in Military Service -- 2. The Morale of the Troops -- 3. Genocidal Warfare, and Fighting the Enemy Within -- 4. Death on the Home and Foreign Fronts: War and the Cult of the Hero -- IV. PRINCIPLES FOR AND STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUMES -- 1. Guiding Principles -- 2. Structure -- PART I: Rule, Destroy, Survive -- INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE -- B. The NSDAP, the War, and German Society -- I. THE NSDAP'S STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS BEFORE THE WAR -- II. MOBILIZING THE TROOPS, AND MOULDING MINDS AND BEHAVIOUR AT HOME, SEPTEMBER 1939 TO APRIL 1941 -- III. 'PEOPLE MANAGEMENT' ON THE HOME FRONT, MAY 1941 TO JULY 1943 -- IV. ON THE ROAD TO TOTAL WAR, AUGUST 1943 TO MAY 1945 -- V. THE NSDAP AND THE VOLKSGEMEINSCHAFT -- C. Slaves for the 'Home Front': War Society and Concentration Camps -- I. PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS -- II. THE INITIAL STAGES OF PRISONER DEPLOYMENT -- III. URBAN SATELLITE CONCENTRATION CAMPS -- IV. THE CAMPS AND GERMAN SOCIETY -- V. CONCENTRATION CAMPS ANCHORED IN GERMAN SOCIETY -- D. Decisions to Murder and to Lie: German War Society and the Holocaust -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HOLOCAUST AND WAR -- III. SOCIETY AND HOLOCAUST IN THE WAR -- IV. NORMALITY OF THE UNIMAGINABLE: WAR WITHIN THE WAR -- E. Wartime Daily Life and the Air War on the Home Front.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199282777
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199282777
Language:
English
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