Gellately, Robert

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.

Shows the extent to which ordinary German citizens supported the Nazi Party and its violent and repressive acts from 1933 to 1945, and examines the reasons for which the Nazis--who never won a majority in free elections before they took power--became so popular with the general public before and during the war.

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.