Michael Lynch is an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the School of Historical Studies, Leicester University. He has written over thirty books on European and Chinese history; his recent publications include Authoritarian States (2015), China 1839–1997 (2016), Mao (2017) and The Chinese Civil War (2022). He has lectured in Europe and Australia and has also appeared as a ‘talking head’ in a number of television history documentaries.

• IntroductionChapter 1Aimless Years, 1889–1918Chapter 2Moving from Left to Right, 1919–23Chapter 3Building a Party, 1923–29Chapter 4Manoeuvring into Office, 1929–33Chapter 5Shaping the Third Reich, 1933–39Chapter 6Hitler’s Foreign Policies, 1933–38Chapter 7Hitler’s GermanyChapter 8Adolf Hitler – Image and RealityChapter 9Towards War, 1938–39Chapter 10Hitler’s Reich at War, 1939–41Chapter 11Defeat and Disaster, 1942–45Chapter 12Conclusion

Michael Lynch is an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the School of Historical Studies, Leicester University. He has written over thirty books on European and Chinese history; his recent publications include Authoritarian States (2015), China 1839–1997 (2016), Mao (2017) and The Chinese Civil War (2022). He has lectured in Europe and Australia and has also appeared as a ‘talking head’ in a number of television history documentaries.

• IntroductionChapter 1Aimless Years, 1889–1918Chapter 2Moving from Left to Right, 1919–23Chapter 3Building a Party, 1923–29Chapter 4Manoeuvring into Office, 1929–33Chapter 5Shaping the Third Reich, 1933–39Chapter 6Hitler’s Foreign Policies, 1933–38Chapter 7Hitler’s GermanyChapter 8Adolf Hitler – Image and RealityChapter 9Towards War, 1938–39Chapter 10Hitler’s Reich at War, 1939–41Chapter 11Defeat and Disaster, 1942–45Chapter 12Conclusion

Michael Lynch is an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the School of Historical Studies, Leicester University. He has written over thirty books on European and Chinese history; his recent publications include Authoritarian States (2015), China 1839–1997 (2016), Mao (2017) and The Chinese Civil War (2022). He has lectured in Europe and Australia and has also appeared as a ‘talking head’ in a number of television history documentaries.

• IntroductionChapter 1Aimless Years, 1889–1918Chapter 2Moving from Left to Right, 1919–23Chapter 3Building a Party, 1923–29Chapter 4Manoeuvring into Office, 1929–33Chapter 5Shaping the Third Reich, 1933–39Chapter 6Hitler’s Foreign Policies, 1933–38Chapter 7Hitler’s GermanyChapter 8Adolf Hitler – Image and RealityChapter 9Towards War, 1938–39Chapter 10Hitler’s Reich at War, 1939–41Chapter 11Defeat and Disaster, 1942–45Chapter 12Conclusion