Dimensions
153 x 234 x 50mm
A New History
Michael Burleigh sets Nazi Germany in a European context, showing how the Third Reich's abandonment of liberal democracy, decency and tolerance was widespread in the Europe of the period. He shows how a radical, pseudo-religious movement, led by an odd demagogue with dazzling talents, offered salvation to Germany exhausted by war, depression and inflation. Burleigh shows the consequences of the demise of the rule of law in favour of state-authorised terror and brutality. His underlying premise is that there are good and bad individuals, not good and bad nations. It recreates life under a totalitarian dictatorship and rejects the notion that the Germans were either uniquely evil or uniquely uncivilised.
