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The radical right in Germany : 1870 to the present / Lee McGowan.

Summary:

The Radical Right has represented a major element in German politics and society throughout the history of the united country (i.e. since the 1870s), though the understandable concentration on the Third Reich (1933-45) has tended to distort the wider picture. This book explores the history of the radical right through the full span of Germany''s life as a nation, thus putting the Third Reich in its natural context, and also emphasising that the attitudes and policies of the radical right did not begin with Hitler''s pursuit of power in the 1920s or end with his death in the ruins of Berlin.

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ISBN: 1317887425
ISBN: 9781317887423
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages)
Publisher: London : Longman, 2002.

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General Note:	CatMonthString:january.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and glossary; 1 The far right in German history and politics: an introduction; Structure of the book; Defining the radical right; Fascism; National Socialism; Right-wing radicalism and right-wing extremism; Neo-fascism and neo-Nazism; The continuity debate; 2 Tracing the origins and rise of the radical right: the Kaiserreich, 1870-1918; The historical setting; Defining the right in Imperial Germany: a short chronology; Membership of the radical right. 5 Party membership and propensity for violenceSocial background; The role of violence; The fall of R�ohm; Conclusions; 6 The extreme right in power: pursuing an ever radicalizing agenda; Domestic policy; Foreign policy; Germany at war, 1939-45; Conclusions; 7 The fall, rise and fall of organized right-wing extremism in West Germany, 1945-90; Germany under occupation, 1945-49; Resurgence, 1949-52; Stagnation and decline, 1953-64; The rise and fall of the NPD, 1964-72; Fractionalization and radicalization, 1972-84; The third phase, 1984-90; Conclusions. 8 Homeland and hate: right-wing extremism and neo-Nazi militancy in unified Germany, 1990-presentStagnation of organized right-wing extremism, 1990-2001; Militant and aggressive extremism: the neo-Nazis; Origins and rise of neo-Nazism, 1972-89; The neo-Nazi resurgence: growth and aggression, 1990-2000; Conclusions; 9 A new millennium for the extreme right?; Conclusions; Further reading; Index. Old and new variants of anti-SemitismNationalism; Germany at war: the ascendant radical right; Conclusions; 3 Pushing to extremes: the radical right in Weimar Germany, 1919-33; The conservative right in the Weimar Republic, 1919-25; Soldiers, revolts and putsches: an emerging militant right; Moving to the right: the German National Socialist Workers'' Party; Aspiring politicians, party organization and propaganda, 1924-28; Competing for power: the forces of the right, 1928-33; Conclusions; 4 National Socialist ideology and leadership; Nazi ideology; Style and leadership; Conclusions.
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