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Michael Burleigh's The Third Reich presents a major study of one of the twentieth century's darkest periods.

Until now there has been no up-to-date, one-volume, international history of Nazi Germany, despite its being among the most studied phenomena of our time. The Third Reich restores a broad perspective and intellectual unity to issues that have become academic subspecialties and offers a brilliant new interpretation of Hitler's evil rule.

Filled with human and moral considerations that are missing from theoretical accounts, Michael Burleigh's book gives full weight to the experience of ordinary people who were swept up in, or repelled by, Hitler's movement and emphasizes how international themes for Nazi Germany appealed to many European nations. It also focuses on the Nazi's wartime conduct to dominate the Continental economy and involve gigantic population transfers and exterminations, recruitment of foreign labor, and multinational armies.

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“A remarkable achievement, a comprehensive history of the criminality of the Third Reich as well as of the (very limited) efforts to resist it. Burleigh has placed his narration within a general representation of Hitler's Germany, and his extraordinary mastery of the monographic literature and the cogency of his interpretation based on the notion of political religion gives The Third Reich the status of a classic.” ―Saul Friedländer

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Michael Burleigh was born and educated in London. He was a senior academic for eighteen years before deciding to write full-time in 2001. He is the author of several books on Germany, including Death and Deliverance, The Third Reich, and Ethics and Extermination.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hill and Wang; First edition (November 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 992 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080909326X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0809093267
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.95 x 8.5 inches

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Michael Burleigh was born and educated in London. He was a senior academic for eighteen years before deciding to write full-time in 2001. He is Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas, the world's Nr 1 ranked university-based think tank. Michael has won three major film awards for television documentaries (including 'Selling Murder' which won a BFI award) as well as the 2001 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, for which he was also long listed for another book in 2013. He is married and lives in central London although he travels extensively, particularly in Asia. In 2012 he won the Nonino International Master of His Time Prize for his lifetime's work. His new book, Day of the Assassins: A History of Political Murder will be published on 27th May by Picador Macmillan.

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SArmst2547

By far the best book on Third Reich

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019

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This book was far more satisfying than anything else I have read about the Third Reich. The author combines both intellectual history and descriptive history, with great detail from "ordinary" people's diaries. He also ends a number of explanations with wry or ironic observations about the twists and holes in Nazi thinking or actions. I know that 900 pages sounds like a lot, but I strongly recommend this book over any others I have read.

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Mick Taylor

Still the best

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2021

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I am a World War II buff and have read many histories of the European war and the Third Reich. But I keep coming back to this one. I’ve read this 3 times over the last 20 years, learning something new each time. It is still the best and most accessible history of the Third Reich. No other Ww2 authors have the first hand knowledge and experience by being present at the time this history was actually being made.

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J. C. Willis

Good but uneven

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2019

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The Third Reich is a fairly good account of the Second World War, but it is not without its flaws. It often seems that the author glosses over some things while putting a little too much stress on others. I don't mind a certain bit of pompousness in a monograph like this, but the judgmental attitude of the author is probably the main contributor to the uneven feeling. He clearly knows his topic, but he lets himself get in the way a little too much at times.

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Nikki Kumar

Truthful and unbiased book

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020

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One of those rare books where the author is not trying to re-sell myths legends and lies manufactured by British historians. Great book if you want to learn what really happened in those eventful years as opposed to some propagandist's opinions on what happened.

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R. Coleman

Epitome of the great WWII book irony

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2003

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When well treated, we read about this period that did not end fast enough wishing the books about them did not have to end. This book epitomizes that irony. It simply defines the difference between having real understanding of the Germany on which Hitler left his brutal stamp and not having it. Burleigh's explanation of the socioeconomic forces of dehumanization makes the mass murder of the Jews seem a natural outcome of a once-great society's mostly voluntary descent into barbarism. His description of the euthenasia program tells you all you need to know about what else would become possible, and how easily it was to turn and entire culture on its head.
Another fine aspect of this work is that while it does not flinch at looking hard at the ugliest chapter in European history, he does not stare mawkishly at the bizarre figures of Hitler, Goering, Goebbels and the like. Indeed the reader is expected more or less to know the members of the cast. I agree with the other reviewers that this book is now a standard entry in World War II histories and among studies of modern European history as well.

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John Barry Kenyon

What nazism actually meant to the world.

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2000

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Michael Burleigh has written a most scholarly, and yet richly readable, new history of the Third Reich. It is "new" in the sense that he combines a theoretical approach - nazism as a pseudo religious force in its mass appeal inside and outside Germany - with abundant material on the lives of everyday people. His chapter headings are thematic, rather than strictly chronological, and include sub sections such as "See You In Siberia" and "The Generals Who Dithered". The nazi attempts to dominate and exploit the economic life of Europe and beyond are particularly well discussed. The volume is a useful contrast with Ian Kershaw's recent, excellent biography of Hitler since Burleigh has written a more international account: his particular remit is to analyse the impact of nazism as a huge political force across frontiers. He is impressively adroit in tracing the pro and anti nazi sentiment in eastern Europe and Russia. There is, for instance, some fascinating insight into the Tatars of the Ukraine who were deported by Stalin's police in cattle truck journeys lasting up to three months. The author's final chapter covers the years 1943 to 1948 where it is explained that denazification had a short life from 1945 since the allies and the Russians soon had much greater global problems to address. There are a few slips in the text, for example the main Nuremburg war criminals were not hanged "at dawn" (page 804), and this reviewer felt that nazi and anti nazi media propaganda could tell us more of the international dimension than is revealed in the book. None the less, this is an insightful tome, full of sound judgments and interesting sidelights on virtually every page. Just for the record, Burleigh has no truck with revisionist sentiments about the personalities and policies of the Reich. Here is the story of a criminal gang who brought Europe to its knees.

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Bill Stevenson

Brilliant analysis flawed by poor editing

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2003

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Burleigh's historical overview of the Third Reich is a remarkable work in many ways. The author's undoubted scholarship and attention to detail are impressive. The book reads like a series of lectures presented by a brilliant historian. The bibliography alone is worth the price of the book. I did not see a totally new interpretation, but Burleigh does put together a more complete picture of the Third Reich than is available in any other single volume. The picture is necessarily complex and the treatment given does the subject justice. The book has a strong bias, but what book on the Third Reich lacks one?
Unfortunately, as other reviewers have correctly pointed out, the book does not read well. Geared to impress an academic audience, Burleigh's writing style is arcane. The book cries out for a good edit. My wife, a college professor herself, said she would grade the book "A" for content, and "F" for writing style and said that it is very typical of PhD types who are trying to impress. Spare us Dr. Burleigh, you do not need to work so hard to impress, your scholarship and your research speak loudly enough. Write for the wider audience that needs to read and understand this important book.
For the reader willing to sit with a good, comprehensive dictionary in hand, wading through this book is worth the effort because the insight gleaned does prove valuable. For those not so inclined, this latest effort at a solid, single volume history of the Third Reich falls short. We are still waiting for that book to be written.

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Alun d

why do some modern historians think they have to write like tabloid journalist?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2022

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I am afraid I did not finish the book.

I kept randomly reading different chapters to hope it would improve. Sadly it did not.

While I accept that there is some new research in here – I know this subject very well I’m still learnt things I didn’t know – I just could not get over the tabloid style.

Since when did a proper historian use the word “berserk“. I see another reviewer said that what they like about the book was The author made his dislike of the subject very clear.

That is exactly what I did not like.

I do not want to know a historians and emotional response to this subject.

I want to know their analysis based on the facts and their objective judgement.

If I want to read subjective emotions I would read Katie Price!

If you are a serious student of this period, do not waste your time.

The only genuinely great history of this period is the Richard Evans three volumes. Also William sharers book in 46 is a good starting point.

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C. Nation

I read books like this to fill out the background to the events ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2015

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I am a professional battlefield guide. I read books like this to fill out the background to the events and characters involved in the warfare on the ground that is the subject of my tours. I reckon this is the best single volume account of the 3rd Reich. I have read Kershaw's two-volume, 1200 page biography of Hitler and his book "The Hitler Myth", an account of the God-like fantasy view Goebbels created around Hitler, which held the German people in such thrall.

A book covering some of the same ground as "The Third Reich" is Mark Mazower's excellent "Hitler's Empire". Mazower's book is less wide ranging, less detailed in the account of the Nazi's rise through the 1930's, the period when Hitler formulated the vague notions of world dominance which the rest of his revolting gang put into practice.

This book describes in great detail the social and political aims and policies of the National Socialist regime, from Hitler's beginnings as a beer-hall ranter to a man who infected the people of Goethe, Bach and Beethoven with the politics of hate and violence and succeeded in persuading them to act out his appalling vision. The general perception of the Nazis is that the evil of their regime is known, principally as the brutal military invaders of Russia and Western Europe. But the full extent of the evil, evil that penetrated right down into the foundations of German society itself, is not revealed unless by books such as this. Be prepared to think to yourself, as I did, "I knew it was evil. I had no idea it was so profoundly evil."

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Per David

Nazism for experts

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2014

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This book about The Third Reich is the winner of a prize for non-fiction in 2001. On the back cover it has several praising words from reviewers.In my opinion it is a book written by an expert for experts. Unless you have a really deep knowledge to the subject this book will not be usefull for you. The text is not very clear and there are many informations which presuppose a very broad insight in the subject. If you want to learn more about The Third Reich I will recommend fx. Years of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich , Third Reich 1919-1939: The Nazis' Rise to Power , Weimar and Nazi Germany (SHP Advanced History Core Texts) , Heinemann Advanced History: Germany 1919-45 The first book mentioned is a very effective tool to get a very good insight in The Third Reich.

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Biggles

Detailed and in depth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2018

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Mostly heavy going but if studying 2WW history this has just about all the info you want. This book goes into the minutiae of how the 3rd Reich developed, existed, and destroyed itself. This is not a relaxing holiday read!

Brian Heywood

Goes underneath the mythology of the Nazi era

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2012

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The central analysis is built slowly, layer on layer of evidence and contextual comparisons. It becomes a compelling story of evil in a way previous histories of the period don't quite deliver.
He demonstrates great scholarship, but some of the page long sentences required a couple of readings and a penchant for using obscure words and creating new variants did send me scurrying for the dictionary!
Overall though I would rate the book highly and have shared it with my children so they can see this period as it was rather than through the "Hollywood" lens.

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