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A History of Hitler's Empire (Great Courses: Modern History) (2nd Edition) (Audio CD)
A History of Hitler's Empire - Great Courses: Modern History - 2nd Edition - Audio CD Author:The Taching Company A series of twelve half-hour lectures on a college course level. Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power. — Know thy enemy. That's 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 and fascination still linger. — ... more »Professor Childers has designed this course to answer two burning questions that have nagged generations for decades, ever since Hitler and Nazism were destroyed.
1) How could a man like Adolf Hitler and a movement like Nazism come to power in 20th-century Germany? An industrially developed country with a highly educated population, it lies within the very heart of Western Europe.
2) 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?
Lecturer: Thomas Childers, University of Pennsylvania; 6 CDs, 6 hours, 22 minutes.« less