A History of Hitlers Empire, 2nd Edition - Thomas Childers, The Great Courses
The Great Courses, Thomas Childers
Category: History
Tags: History
Know thy enemy. Thats what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the greatest enemy ever faced by modern civilization. Over half a century later, the horror, fascination, and questions still linger:, * How could a man like Hitler and a movement like Nazism come to power in 20th-century Germany an industrially developed country with a highly educated population? * How were the Nazis able to establish the foundations of a totalitarian regime in such a short time and hurl all of Europe - and the world - into a devastating war that would consume so many millions of lives?, Professor Childers has designed this gripping 12-lecture course to shed light on these and other questions that have plagued generations. Youll start by looking at the catastrophic impact World War I had on Germany, and how the war and the humiliating Treaty of Versailles crippled the Weimar Republic. From there, youll turn to the Third Reich Nazism in power with an investigation of how Hitler
