Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe

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Draw ing on an unprecedented range and variety of original research, Hitler?s Empire sheds new light on how the Nazis designed, maintained, and lost their European dominion?and offers a chilling vision of what the world would have become had they won the war. Mark Mazower forces us to set aside timeworn opinions of the Third Reich, and instead shows how the party drew inspiration for its imperial expansion from America and Great Britain. Yet the Nazis? lack of political sophistication left them unequal to the task of ruling what their armies had conquered, despite a shocking level of cooperation from the overwhelmed countries. A work as authoritative as it is unique, Hitler?s Empire is a surprising?and controversial? new appraisal of the Third Reich?s rise and ultimate fall.

Mark Mazoweris the Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author ofHitler's EmpireandThe Balkans- A Short History, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, among other books. He lives in New York City.

" Compelling . . . Mazower offers incisive details and insights that make "Hitler's Empire" a fascinating read." -"The Washington Post" "Drawing on an enormous amount of research, yet always writing clearly and well, Mr. Mazower takes the reader on a guided tour through every corner of the Nazis' domains." -"The New York Sun"