1. Why Despots Don't Belong in Politics
Kenneth Minogue
in Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘Why Despots Don't Belong in Politics’ considers the conception of politics and where the foundations of those conceptions lie. It shows that politics is so central to our civilization that ...
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1. ‘A and not A’: what is fascism?
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘“A and not A”: what is fascism?’ examines how fascism has been defined. Whereas Marxists held capitalists responsible for fascism, Weberians blamed the pre-industrial, or feudal, ruling ...
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9. Communism and revolution
Peter Singer
in Marx: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
How, in Marx’s view, would capitalism be overthrown? And what kind of society did Marx believe would replace capitalism? The simple answers are: capitalism would be overthrown by revolution ...
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9. Stimuli and responses: seeing and feeling ideology
Michael Freeden
in Ideology: A Very Short Introduction
Ideology has been dealt with as it is found in written and spoken languages but in ‘Stimuli and responses: seeing and feeling ideologies’ three further themes are introduced. Firstly, ...
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3. The Third Reich’s world of camps
Dan Stone
in Concentration Camps: A Very Short Introduction
‘The Third Reich’s world of camps’ examines the history of the Nazi camp system, comparing labour camps devised to build the ‘racial community’ with concentration camps set up to exclude ...
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1. Hitler myths
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
‘Hitler myths’ introduces the history of National Socialism through three myths or images encapsulating different dimensions of the power attached to Hitler and his regime: the claims that ...
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Epilogue: Coming to terms with the past
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
The Epilogue considers the core questions raised in earlier chapters: the place of National Socialism in German history and what it meant to be ‘German’ after the defeat of Nazism. Trials ...
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5. Volksgemeinschaft: Community and exclusion
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
‘Volksgemeinschaft: Community and exclusion’ considers how the Nazi leadership attempted to create an integral national racial community, or Volksgemeinschaft. The foundation of this ...
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3. From Munich to Berlin (via Weimar)
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
The ‘Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei’ (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), was a product of the new political and social universe of post-war Germany. ‘From Munich to ...
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9. From terror to genocide
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
War sanctioned and normalized mass terror and murder, blunted ethical reservations, and emphasized the insignificance of individual lives compared with the survival of the ‘Aryan’ race and ...
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4. Satyāgraha
Bhikhu Parekh
in Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction
‘Satyāgraha’ explains how, for Gandhi, satyāgraha, meaning civil insistence on or tenacity in the pursuit of truth, aimed to penetrate the barriers of prejudice, ill-will, dogmatism, ...
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2. Rebellion, revolution, and repression
Helen Graham
in The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction
The military coup against the Spanish Republic started in Spanish North Africa (Morocco) on 17 July 1936 and a day later spread to the mainland of Spain in the form of provincial garrison ...
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5. The legacy of Clausewitz
Michael Howard
in Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction
‘The legacy of Clausewitz’ looks at the influence of his theories and their continued relevance today. Popularized — and distorted — through the endorsement of Helmuth von Moltke, his ...
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2. Camus, from reporter to editorialist
Oliver Gloag
in Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction
Camus became a journalist during the tumultuous 1930s. Hitler was in power in Germany. The Spanish Civil War had been raging for two years and would end in 1939 with the victory of the ...
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4. The night Stalin and Churchill divided Europe
Joseph M. Siracusa
in Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction
‘The night Stalin and Churchill divided Europe’ discusses the important meeting between Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill in Moscow on 9 October 1944, when they agreed a plan for the ...
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Introduction
Mike Rapport
in The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1792 until 1815. They are among the longest and most intense conflicts ever seen in Europe. The French Wars were not an ideological ...
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4. Germany: the racial state
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Germany: the racial state’ examines Hitler's rise to power. From 1929 on, Nazi propaganda was targeted at conservative voters, and this paid off with electoral breakthrough in 1930. The ...
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7. Fascism, nation, and race
Kevin Passmore
in Fascism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Nationalism and racism pervade all aspects of fascist practice, from welfare provision and family policy to diplomacy. ‘Fascism, nation, and race’ explores the relationship between fascism, ...
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4. Deterrence and coercion
Antulio J. Echevarria II
in Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction
Coercion simply means compelling adversaries to do something, while deterrence is dissuading opponents from doing something. Together, these strategies constitute the fundamental dynamic ...
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6. Volksgemeinschaft: Control and belonging
Jane Caplan
in Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction
‘Volksgemeinschaft: Control and belonging’ describes ordinary life under Nazi power, and suggests that a binary model of support versus opposition does not do justice to the range of ...
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