An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

297: The Nazis: Hitler's Triumph (Part 3)

January 23, 2023

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Wall Street crashes. The German economy capitulates and governments start to fall. Backroom deals and political scheming come to the fore. Join Tom and Dominic as they tell the story of the...
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Books Referenced

Third Reich, New History

Author: Michael Burleigh

Context:

Explicitly referenced as 'Michael Burley's book, Third Reich, New History' when discussing the electoral profile of the Nazi Party, including the quote about the party having 'the profile of a man with a pot belly'

The Third Reich Trilogy

Author: Richard Evans

Context:

Referenced multiple times as 'Richard Evans' book' when discussing statistics about unemployment in Germany during the Depression, BrĂ¼ning's political decisions, and Nazi election propaganda. Evans is described as a 'left-leaning historian' who is 'brilliant' on the subject

Hitler (biography)

Author: Ian Kershaw

Context:

Referenced as 'his biography' and 'Ian Kershaw says in his biography' when discussing Hitler's failed meeting with Hindenburg in August 1932 and how the Nazi regime could potentially have been averted through different political decisions

The Roman Revolution

Author: Syme

Context:

Referenced as 'the famous book by Syme about the collapse of the Roman Republic' when discussing how some contemporaries were drawing parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and the political crisis in Weimar Germany