The Third Reich in Power

The acclaimed and comprehensive account of Germany's transformation under Hitler's total rule and the inexorable march to war, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich at War, and Hitler's People

“[Evans's] three-volume history . . . is shaping up to be a masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive.” —The New York Times

"Mr. Evans's magisterial study should be on our shelves for a long time to come." —The Economist

By the middle of 1933, the democracy of the Weimar Republic had been transformed into the police state of the Third Reich, mobilized around the cult of the leader, Adolf Hitler. In The Third Reich in Power, Richard J. Evans chronicles the incredible story of Germany's radical reshaping under Nazi rule. As those who were deemed unworthy to be counted among the German people were dealt with in increasingly brutal terms, Hitler's drive to prepare Germany for the war that he saw as its destiny reached its fateful hour in September 1939. This is the fullest and most authoritative account yet written of how, in six years, Germany was brought to the edge of that terrible abyss.

“"[Evans's] three-volume history . . . is shaping up to be a masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive." -- William Grimes, The New York Times "The definitive English-language account . . . gripping and precise." -- Benjamin Schwartz, The Atlantic Monthly”

“[Evans's] three-volume history . . . is shaping up to be a masterpiece. Fluidly narrated, tightly organized and comprehensive.” —William Grimes, The New York Times

“A wonder of synthesis and acute judgment...Magnificent.” —Benjamin Schwartz, The Atlantic Monthly

"Mr. Evans's magisterial study should be on our shelves for a long time to come." —The Economist

"A major achievement." —The Boston Globe

Richard J. Evans was born in London and educated at Oxford University. He has taught at Columbia University and Birkbeck, University of London, and since 2014 has been the Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge. His many publications include an acclaimed three-volume history of the Third Reich and a recent collection of essays, The Third Reich in History and Memory. A Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, he is a past winner of the Wolfson History Prize, and was twice a History Honoree at the Los Angeles Times Book Awards. In 2012 he was appointed Knight Bachelor in the Queen’s birthday honors list, for services to scholarship. His latest book, Hitler's People, was published by Penguin Press in August 2024.

The definitive account of Germanys malign transformation under Hitlers total rule and the implacable march to war This magnificent second volume of Richard J. Evanss three-volume history of Nazi Germany was hailed by Benjamin Schwartz of the "Atlantic Monthly" as the definitive English-language account... gripping and precise. It chronicles the incredible story of Germanys radical reshaping under Nazi rule. As those who were deemed unworthy to be counted among the German people were dealt with in increasingly brutal terms, Hitlers drive to prepare Germany for the war that he saw as its destiny reached its fateful hour in September 1939. "The Third Reich in Power" is the fullest and most authoritative account yet written of how, in six years, Germany was brought to the edge of that terrible abyss.

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