Pressestimmen
"Offers a powerful and compelling interpretation that casts serious doubts on the previously accepted notion of Germany's concept of
Blitzkrieg and the implications for our understanding of Nazi politics and society...A most valuable collection of articles, which no historian of the Third Reich can afford to ignore."--
Business History Review"Richard Overy has long been recognized as a leading expert on the economic history of the Third Reich...His
War and Economy in the Third Reich brings together his most important essays on the topic and provides a useful and cogent statement of Overy's position on four interrelated issues...Indispensable for understanding the relationship between state and economy in the Third Reich."--
Journal of Military History"Over the past decade, Richard J. Overy has emerged as one of the leading economic historians of the Third Reich in the English-speaking world....This collection of his most important essays provides a good impression of the range of his work....this book will be of great interest to anyone trying to understand the dynamics of the Nazi dictatorship."--
The Historian"[The author] is a natural controversialist, who has distinguished himself by showing how the conventional picture is misleading."--
The Albion"His work is best described as well-executed descriptive economic history."--
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Kurzbeschreibung
War and Economy in the Third Reich examines the nature of the German economy in the 1930s and the Second World War. Richard Overy's essays, collected here for the first time with a substantial new introduction, explore the tension between Hitler's vision of an armed economy and the reality of German economic and social life. Often thought-provoking, always informed, War and Economy opens a window on an essential aspect of Hitler's Germany.
