Hitler's 'National Community'

Lisa Pine is Associate Professor of History at London South Bank University, UK. She is author of Nazi Family Policy, 1933-1945 (1997), Hitler’s “National Community”: Society and Culture in Nazi Germany (2007, 2017), Education in Nazi Germany (2010) and editor of Life and Times in Nazi Germany (2016).

• List of IllustrationsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionPart I - Creating the 'National Community'1. The Rise of Nazism2. Consensus and Conformity3. Coercion, Terror and Surveillance4. Education5. The Nazi Youth GroupsPart II - Inside the 'National Community'6. Men, Masculinity and the Wehrmacht7. Women, Womanhood and the Home Front8. The Family9. The Churches and ReligionPart III - Outside the 'National Community'10. The Jews11. The Gypsies12. The 'Asocial' and the Disabled13. Sexual Outsiders14. Dissenters and ResistersPart IV - Cultural Life and the 'National Community'15. The Radio and Press16. The Cinema and Theatre17. Art and Architecture18. Music and LiteratureConclusionGlossarySelect BibliographyIndex

Lisa Pine’s excellent new book is advertised as a second edition but it is much more than that ... [Her] analysis is balanced and lucid throughout. One of the characteristics of her approach is her meticulous attention at every stage to the arguments of previous scholars. This makes her book ideal for students at every level and indeed for anyone involved in teaching. It is difficult to think of a better text to recommend on this subject. Libraries and individuals who own the first edition will simply have to buy the second. They will be richly rewarded with a superb survey of German social history under National Socialism. It is without doubt by far the best book of its kind for over 40 years.