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<p>List of Illustrations viii</p> <p>Preface x</p> <p>1 Germany before 1933 1</p> <p>2 Hitler and the Nazi Movement 21</p> <p>3 The Nazi Party-State 45</p> <p>4 The Racial State 69</p> <p>5 Nazi Germany in the 1930s: A Popular Regime? 97</p> <p>6 War and Occupation, 1939–1941 123</p> <p>7 Genocide 149</p> <p>8 Total War, 1942–1945 179</p> <p>Epilogue 211</p> <p>Abbreviations and Glossary 223</p> <p>Timeline 225</p> <p>Index 229</p>

<p><b>CATHERINE EPSTEIN</b> is Dean of the Faculty and Professor of History at Amherst College. She is the prize-winning author of <i>Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser and the Occupation of Western Poland</i> (2010). Her previous publications also include <i>The Last Revolutionaries: German Communists and Their Century</i> (2003) and <i>A Past Renewed: A Catalog of German-Speaking Refugee Historians in the United States after 1933</i> (1993).

<p>"Drawing on the very latest scholarship, Catherine Epstein offers a lucidly written, accessible, engaging account of Hitler and the Third Reich.<i> Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths</i> is an ideal choice for the undergraduate classroom and will likely be the text that introduces many, many students to this most troubling chapter of modern German history."</br> <b>Robert Moeller, University of California, Irvine</b> <p>"Among the many textbooks on Nazi Germany, Catherine Epstein's stands out both because of its persuasive combination of the most recent research on this subject interwoven with judicious discussions of continuing debates on unresolved historiographical questions and because of the skillful ways in which she draws the reader into this complex field. Students and teachers in advanced secondary as well as higher education will also find this book to be the best short guide to the history of the Nazi Holocaust."</br> <b>V. R. Berghahn, Columbia University</b> <p><i>Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths</i> offers a succinct, compelling overview of the history of the Third Reich. Drawing on the most recent research in the field, Catherine Epstein provides a broad-ranging and up-to-date historical synthesis of Hitler's Germany and of historiographical debates concerning the Nazi regime. The book is structured around myths and stereotypes that dominate popular understanding of this era of German history. By analyzing and debunking those views, the author provides an argumentdriven approach to the study of the Third Reich, encouraging critical engagement with the period.

<p>"Among the many textbooks on Nazi Germany Catherine Epstein's stands out both because of its persuasive combination of the most recent research on this subject interwoven with judicious discussions of continuing debates on unresolved historiographical questions and because of the skillful ways in which she draws the reader into this complex field. Students and teachers in advanced secondary as well as higher education will also find this book to be the best short guide to the history of the Nazi Holocaust."<br /> <b>—V.R. Berghahn</b>, Columbia University</p> <p>"Drawing on the very latest scholarship, Catherine Epstein offers a lucidly written, accessible, engaging account of Hitler and the Third Reich. <i>Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths</i> is an ideal choice for the undergraduate classroom and will likely be <i>the</i> text that introduces many, many students to this most troubling chapter of modern German history."<br /> <b>—Robert Moeller</b>, University of California, Irvine</p>

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