The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower

Stephen H. Norwood, who holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. His two-volume Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, co-edited with Eunice G. Pollack (2008), received the Booklist Editor's Choice Award. He is also the author of three other books on American history, the winner of the Herbert G. Gutman Award in American Social History and the co-winner of the Macmillan/SABR Award in Baseball History. His articles have appeared in anthologies and numerous journals, including American Jewish History, Modern Judaism and the Journal of Social History.

Reviews of the hardback: 'Stephen Norwood's groundbreaking research and eloquent pen have added immeasurably to our understanding of how Americans responded to Nazism in the 1930s. The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower reveals a painful but important chapter in our nation's history.' David S. Wyman, author of The Abandonment of the Jews

• 1. Germany reverts to the Dark Ages: Nazi clarity and American awareness, 1933–1934; 2. Legitimating Nazism: Harvard University and the Hitler regime, 1933–1937; 3. Complicity and conflict: Columbia University's response to Fascism, 1933–1937; 4. The seven sisters colleges and the Third Reich: promoting fellowship through student exchange; 5. A respectful hearing for Nazi Germany's apologists: the University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs round tables, 1933–1941; 6. Nazi nests: German departments in American Universities, 1933–1941; 7. American Catholic Universities' flirtation with Fascism; 8. 1938, year of the Kristallnacht: the limits of campus protest; Epilogue; Bibliography.