In Search of a Transnational Historicization National Socialism and its Place In History

At first sight, any discussion about the need for a Europeanized perspective on Nazism seems to be superfluous. It is obvious that the Third Reich and the years leading up to it embrace events of European and even of world historical importance. Without the First World War and the Great Depression—t...

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Published inConflicted Memories p. 96
Main Author Kiran Klaus Patel
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berghahn Books 15.05.2007
Edition1
Subjects
American studies
Anthropology
Armed conflict
Authoritarianism
Behavioral sciences
Countries
Crimes against humanity
Criminal law
Criminal offenses
Ethnography
Ethnology
European history
European studies
Fascism
German history
Historical methodology
Historiography
History
History of the Americas
Holocaust
Human geography
Law
Military history
Military science
Narrative history
Nation states
Nazism
North American history
Political geography
Political ideologies
Political philosophy
Political science
Social sciences
Totalitarianism
United States history
War
War theaters
World wars
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Summary:At first sight, any discussion about the need for a Europeanized perspective on Nazism seems to be superfluous. It is obvious that the Third Reich and the years leading up to it embrace events of European and even of world historical importance. Without the First World War and the Great Depression—two turning points not only in German, but also in European and even global history—the Nazis’ rise to power would have been quite improbable. At least as of 1933, Europe was eagerly observing developments within Germany that culminated in the most important and radical form of European fascism.
ISBN:0857451677
9780857451675