COURSE TEXTS     HST 603 / CHST 603 The following texts offer a general history of Nazi Germany. 

• Klaus P. Fischer, Nazi Germany: A New History — updated comprehensive history.   — the good the bad and the ugly.

   

  Not everybody likes it but covers the basics of everything.   Big book:  745 pages.  

• Ian Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris  (Vol 1) and  Hitler 1936-1945: Nemisis (Vol 2)  (2 volume biographic history – very good — author a “star” historian of Nazi Germany and Hitler.)

• Michael Burleigh, The Third Reich: A New History  (very good if you already have a basic knowledge of the history of the Third Reich — ) — also a big book in its stubby way — 965 pages.

• Richard J. Evans, The Coming of the Third Reich  and The Third Reich in Power 1933-39  [just recently published] –volume three 1939-1945 not out yet — so you will need something else to cover that period — the World War II years.

• Tim Kirk,  Nazi Germany (European History in Perspective) [recent; have not read it.]

• Jackson J. Spielvolgel, Hitler and Nazi Germany: A History  [5th Edition]

• Joseph W. Bendersky, A Concise History of Nazi Germany 

• Karl Dietrich Bracher, The German Dictatorship [classic]

• William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich  [(least recommended of all,  but still an adequate introduction to the chronology of the Third Reich.)]

• Inexpensive copies of some of these books can often be found at used and remainder bookstores in Toronto:  check BMV Books (next to the World’s Biggest Bookstore at Edward Street) or on the second floor of their store at Yonge and Eglinton (and their biggest, the new store on Bloor between Bathurst and Spadina — and the other bookstores on those blocks too.)

  They can be also often found on the Internet.  Search on:  chapters.indigo.ca  amazon.ca  alibris.com abesbooks.com