There have been many histories of World War II and many analyses of the Third Reich, but few show what it was actually like to live under the Nazi regime. Inside Hitler's Germany attempts just that. Beginning with an examination of the early thirties, before the full horrors at the heart of the regime were evident, this extensively illustrated book looks at all aspects of life under Hitler's government.
Dr Matthew Hughes is Professor of Military History at Brunel University London, in England.
Hughes studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies and at the London School of Economics. He completed his ESRC-funded PhD in 1995 under the supervision of Professors Brian Bond and Brian Holden Reid in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London on the strategy surrounding the British campaign in Palestine in the First World War in Palestine. He has a PGCE in History from Cardiff University. After working as an intern with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Professor Hughes lectured at the universities of Northampton and Salford before coming to Brunel University in 2005. Professor Hughes has been a British Academy funded visiting fellow at the American University in Cairo, the American University in Beirut, and at Tel Aviv University. He spent two years as the Marine Corps University Foundation-funded Maj-Gen Matthew C. Horner Distinguished Chair in Military Theory at the US Marine Corps University, Quantico, 2008-10. His latest monograph on British counter-insurgency in Palestine in the 1930s entitled Britain's Pacification of Palestine: the British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936-1939 (2019) was published with Cambridge University Press. He was the editor of the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (2004-8). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a former Chair of Council of the Army Records Society (2014-18), and is a judge for the Society for Army Historical Research's annual Templer Medal prize (2003-4, 2007-8, 2018-). He sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Military History and Middle Eastern Studies and is a judge for the latter's annual Elie Kedourie prize. He is currently an external examiner for the Higher Diploma awarded by Maynooth University to the Junior Command and Staff Course with the Military College, Irish Defence Forces, and a Visiting Lecturer and examiner at the University of Buckingham.
Strašná představa, že vše, co je zde popsáno je realitou. Že se to doopravdy stalo. Kolik lidí přišlo o život, o domov, o příbuzné. Co vše dokázal zničit jediný režim za pár let. Tohle nikdo nechce zažít.
+: zajímavý a méně známý fotografický materiál, přehledné členění kapitol (Nacismus a ekonomika, Nacismus a ženy..), dobře popsaný kontext nástupu NSDAP k moci, důvody její popularity pro obyvatele a následný "rozkvět" Německa ve 30. letech (výstavba dálniční sítě, Kruppovy závody..)
- : je to spíš úvod do tématu, znalcům nepřinese nové informace
I thought it was very good. Full of facts that were new to me, for example about impact of allied bombing on the domestic views of the war, armaments development. Stories were well told, including testimonials from regular people, from vicims and from perpetrators too. Many of the photos were also new to me (though it does include some of the iconic ones too). Not too long, which is important for books about broad subjects like this. Overall, informative read and the photos make the stories come alive. Good companion to Berlin Diary by Shirer.
I don't usually enjoy books about war or history, but since this was European history and a required assignment for my Lit. class, I decided to read it. This, surprisingly, was a good book. I enjoyed the psychiatric look on the Nazi party's rise and fall. I would recommend this book to those reluctant to read about history, it might just change your mind about history books.
Matthew Hughes put together a wide variety of information about World War 2 in this magnificent book. I can find almost any information I want, or at least gather an idea of where to go from there. While I believe he should have explained certain words more, or described some people better in general, I LOVE how it has everything from rarely seen pictures of Hitler's father to direct quotes.