List of figures and maps; Notes on the authors; Notes on the
translation; Abbreviations; Glossary of German terms; Introduction;
Wolfram Wette: Part 1. Ideology, Propaganda, and Internal Politics
as Preconditions of the War Policy of the Third Reich: Militarist
and pacifist ideaologies in the last phase of the Weimar Republic;
Propaganda mobilization for war; Organizing society in preparation
for war; Hans-Erich Volkmann: Part II: The National Socialist
Economy
in Preparation for War: From international economy to large-area
economy; The National Socialist war economy; Job-creation and
armament boom; The National Socialist economy under the 'New Plan';
The
war economy under the four-year plan; Rearmament economy and
aggression; The Third Reich's economic readiness for war; Wilhelm
Deist: Part III: The Rearmament of the Wehrmacht: The Reichswehr
and national defence; The rearmament of the individual services
1933-1939; The Wehrmacht of the Third Reich; Manfred Messerschmidt:
Part IV: Foreign Policy and Preparation for War: Hitler's
'Programme' and the problem of continuity in German foreign policy;
The great powers and the aspiring great power;
Bilateral foreign policy; Chances of hegemony: Stresa and the
break-up of European solidarity; The road to war 1936-1938; 1939:
The initial position; Conclusions; Bibligraphy; Index of persons;
Maps
Wilhelm Deist, Manfred
Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann,
Wolfram Wette
Project co-ordinated by the Militargeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History), Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Translated from the German by P. S. Falla, Dean S. McMurry, and
Ewald Osers
From reviews of the German edition:
`The tone of the work is cool, magisterial and convincing ... this
is a work of the highest importance, not only for military
historians, but for all students of world history in the 20th
century.'
Michael Howard, English Historical Review
`This is a work of outstanding scholarship ... The book as a whole
is a major achievement, pulling together existing literature and
adding original material drawn from the archives. On almost every
page there are insights and stimulating ideas.'
Journal of Modern History
`these volumes will provide the comprehensive and factual framework
that alone can enable the reader to understand a period in modern
history that in some respects will always remain
incomprehensible.'
Times Literary Supplement
`Should leave no doubt that the world's most distinguished company
of military historians is to be found in the Militärgeschichtliches
Forschungsamt.'
American Historical Review
`The level of scholarship throughout is of a very high order, the
style of the four contributors is fluent, authoritative and
eminently readable, and an incredible amount of hard information
has been packed into 700-odd pages. The series will quickly
establish itself as an indispensable reference and a stimulus to
further research.'
History
`This is the first volume of an important and ambitious project, a
massive collaborative historical study of Germany's war from a
German perspective.'
World War II Review
'Oxford University Press is to be congratulated for undertaking the
revised English edition of this authoritative and acclaimed
ten-volume series from the Military History Research Institute at
Freiburg im Breisgau. This volume cannot be recommended highly
enough.'
John P. Fox, Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies,
International Affairs, October 1991
'presents a massive and compelling synthesis of German historical
research from an official viewpoint, and provides both a valuable
overview of the state of German historiography and a timely and
detailed reminder of Germany's responsibility for the most
destructive war in history.'
The CT
`... the book is a notable contribution to military history in the
broadest sense of that term and an indispensable tool for serious
students of the war.'
Choice
'worth waiting for ... its contributors ... do a truly commendable
job of analysing the receptivity of Germans to the martial spirit
... Handsomely produced and smoothly translated ... the first two
installments of Germany and the Second World War can be warmly
recommended to the broad readership they deserve.'
Marilyn Shevin Coetzee, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton,
History, Summer 1992
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