J. Ryan Stackhouse is an historian of modern Europe and Nazism. His PhD from Florida State University, as a Walbolt Fellow, was honoured with Distinction. He hosts The Third Reich History Podcast and interviews experts about the many faces of authoritarianism on the New Books Network.

'Memorable and chilling. Stackhouse's eminently readable book offers fresh insights into political policing in Nazi Germany and helps us to better understand how the Gestapo's rule of terror worked.' Robert Gerwarth, University College Dublin

• 1. National and Regional Foundations, 1933-1945; 2. Criminalizing Conversation, 1933-1934; 3. Defining Opposition, 1935-1939; 4. Discovering Offences, 1935-1943; 5. Confirming Culpability, 1935-1943; 6. Cooperation and Ascendancy, 1935-1939; 7. Principles of Internal Security, 1939-1942; 8. Enforcing People's Community, 1939-1942; 9. Total War Policing, 1943-1944; 10. Involving the Party, 1943-1944; 11. Death Throes.

J. Ryan Stackhouse is an historian of modern Europe and Nazism. His PhD from Florida State University, as a Walbolt Fellow, was honoured with Distinction. He hosts The Third Reich History Podcast and interviews experts about the many faces of authoritarianism on the New Books Network.

'Memorable and chilling. Stackhouse's eminently readable book offers fresh insights into political policing in Nazi Germany and helps us to better understand how the Gestapo's rule of terror worked.' Robert Gerwarth, University College Dublin

• 1. National and Regional Foundations, 1933-1945; 2. Criminalizing Conversation, 1933-1934; 3. Defining Opposition, 1935-1939; 4. Discovering Offences, 1935-1943; 5. Confirming Culpability, 1935-1943; 6. Cooperation and Ascendancy, 1935-1939; 7. Principles of Internal Security, 1939-1942; 8. Enforcing People's Community, 1939-1942; 9. Total War Policing, 1943-1944; 10. Involving the Party, 1943-1944; 11. Death Throes.

J. Ryan Stackhouse is an historian of modern Europe and Nazism. His PhD from Florida State University, as a Walbolt Fellow, was honoured with Distinction. He hosts The Third Reich History Podcast and interviews experts about the many faces of authoritarianism on the New Books Network.

'Memorable and chilling. Stackhouse's eminently readable book offers fresh insights into political policing in Nazi Germany and helps us to better understand how the Gestapo's rule of terror worked.' Robert Gerwarth, University College Dublin

• 1. National and Regional Foundations, 1933-1945; 2. Criminalizing Conversation, 1933-1934; 3. Defining Opposition, 1935-1939; 4. Discovering Offences, 1935-1943; 5. Confirming Culpability, 1935-1943; 6. Cooperation and Ascendancy, 1935-1939; 7. Principles of Internal Security, 1939-1942; 8. Enforcing People's Community, 1939-1942; 9. Total War Policing, 1943-1944; 10. Involving the Party, 1943-1944; 11. Death Throes.