The Logic of Evil: The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933
By William Brustein.
Description
Why did millions of apparently sane, rational Germans join the Nazi Party between 1925 and 1933? In this provocative book, William Brustein argues that the Nazi Party's emergence as the most popular political party in Germany was eminently logical―that it resulted largely from its success at fashioning economic programs that addressed the material needs of a wide range of German citizens.Brustein has carefully analyzed a huge collection of pre-1933 Nazi Party membership data drawn from the official files at the Berlin Document Center. He argues that Nazi followers were more representat...
ISBN(s)
0300074328, 9780300074321
