Stalinism and Nazism
Stalinism and Nazism
Dictatorships in Comparison
April 1997
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An internationally distinguished team of historians of Nazism and Stalinism provide a summary of the most up-to-date research and offer new perspectives on issues linking the two most terrible dictatorships of modernity. Three selected themes are explored: the leadership cults of Hitler and Stalin; the "war machines" engaged in the deadly clash of 1941 to 1945; and the ways in which interpretations of the past have shifted in Germany and Russia since the demise of the dictatorships.
- Powerful team of contributors lead by Ian Kershaw who is a leading authority on Nazi Germany
- Essays by a team of distinguished historians from USA, France, UK and Germany
- Offers a unique comparison of Nazism and Stalinism in practice
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April 1997Paperback
9780521565219
384 pages
228 × 151 × 21 mm
0.615kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: the regimes and their dictators: perspectives of comparison
- Part I. The Two Dictatorships:
- 1. Stalin and his Stalinism: power and authority in the Soviet Union 1930–1953 Ronal Suny
- 2. Bureaucracy and the Stalinist state Moshe Lewin
- 3. Cumulative radicalisation and progressive self-destruction: structural determinants of the Nazi dictatorship Hans Mommsen
- 4. 'Working towards the Führer': reflections on the nature of the Hitler dictatorship Ian Kershaw
- 5. The contradictions of continuous revolution Michael Mann
- Part II. The War Machines:
- 6. The economics of war in the Soviet Union during World War II Jacques Sapir
- 7. Stalin, the Red Army, and the great patriotic war Bern Bonwetsch
- 8. From Blitzkrieg to total war: controversial links between image and reality Omer Bartov
- Part III. The Big Debates:
- 9. Work, gender and everyday life: reflections on continuity, normality and agency in twentieth century Germany Mary Nolan
- 10. From 'Great Fatherland War' to the Second World War: new perspectives and future prospects Mark von Hagen
- 11. German exceptionalism and the origins of Nazism in the career of a concept George Steinmetz
- 12. Stalinism and the politics of post-Soviet history Mark von Hagen
- Conclusion.
