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The radical right in Germany : 1870 to the present /

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 ra...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGowan, Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Longman, 2002.
Colección:Themes in modern German history series.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 5 Party membership and propensity for violenceSocial background; The role of violence; The fall of Röhm; 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.