Frank McDonough is Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University and the author of many critically acclaimed books on the history of the Third Reich, including, Sophie Scholl (2010), The Holocaust (2008), Hitler and Nazi Germany (1999), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement (2002) and Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany (2001).

• PART ONE BACKGROUND. 1 THE VULNERABILITIES OF WEIMAR DEMOCRACY, 1918–1933. PART TWO ANALYSIS. 2 ADOLF HITLER: PERSONALITY AND EARLY LIFE. 3 THE EARLY GROWTH OF THE NAZI PARTY, 1918–1924. 4 THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY. 5 THE NAZI PARTY: ORGANISATION, PROPAGANDA AND MEMBERSHIP. 6 THE NAZI BREAKTHROUGH, 1925–1930. 7 HITLER’S INTRIGUING ROAD TO POWER, 1930–1933. PART THREE ASSESSMENT. 8 WHY DID HITLER COME TO POWER? PART FOUR DOCUMENTS. REFERENCES. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY. INDEX.

Frank McDonough is Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University and the author of many critically acclaimed books on the history of the Third Reich, including, Sophie Scholl (2010), The Holocaust (2008), Hitler and Nazi Germany (1999), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement (2002) and Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany (2001).

• PART ONE BACKGROUND. 1 THE VULNERABILITIES OF WEIMAR DEMOCRACY, 1918–1933. PART TWO ANALYSIS. 2 ADOLF HITLER: PERSONALITY AND EARLY LIFE. 3 THE EARLY GROWTH OF THE NAZI PARTY, 1918–1924. 4 THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY. 5 THE NAZI PARTY: ORGANISATION, PROPAGANDA AND MEMBERSHIP. 6 THE NAZI BREAKTHROUGH, 1925–1930. 7 HITLER’S INTRIGUING ROAD TO POWER, 1930–1933. PART THREE ASSESSMENT. 8 WHY DID HITLER COME TO POWER? PART FOUR DOCUMENTS. REFERENCES. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY. INDEX.

Frank McDonough is Professor of International History at Liverpool John Moores University and the author of many critically acclaimed books on the history of the Third Reich, including, Sophie Scholl (2010), The Holocaust (2008), Hitler and Nazi Germany (1999), Hitler, Chamberlain and Appeasement (2002) and Opposition and Resistance in Nazi Germany (2001).

• PART ONE BACKGROUND. 1 THE VULNERABILITIES OF WEIMAR DEMOCRACY, 1918–1933. PART TWO ANALYSIS. 2 ADOLF HITLER: PERSONALITY AND EARLY LIFE. 3 THE EARLY GROWTH OF THE NAZI PARTY, 1918–1924. 4 THE IDEOLOGY OF HITLER AND THE NAZI PARTY. 5 THE NAZI PARTY: ORGANISATION, PROPAGANDA AND MEMBERSHIP. 6 THE NAZI BREAKTHROUGH, 1925–1930. 7 HITLER’S INTRIGUING ROAD TO POWER, 1930–1933. PART THREE ASSESSMENT. 8 WHY DID HITLER COME TO POWER? PART FOUR DOCUMENTS. REFERENCES. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY. INDEX.