The SA Generals and the Rise of Nazism - Brossura

Campbell, Bruce

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813190983 ISBN 13: 9780813190983

Casa editrice: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004

Riassunto

No part of the Nazi movement contributed more to Hitler's success than the Sturmabteilung (SA) -- the notorious Brown Shirts. Bruce Campbell offers the first in-depth study in English of the men who held the three highest ranks in the SA. Organized on military lines and fired by radical nationalism, the Brown Shirts saw themselves as Germany's paramilitary saviors. Campbell reveals that the homogeneity of the SA leadership was based not on class or status, but on common experiences and training.

Unlike other investigations of the Nazi party, The SA Generals and the Rise of Nazism focuses on the military and political activities of the Brown Shirts to show how they developed into SA Leaders. By tracing the activities, both individual and collective, of these men's adult lives through 1945, Campbell shows where members acquired the experience necessary to build, lead, and administer the SA. These men were instrumental in creating the Nazi concept of "political soldiering," combining military organization with political activism.

Campbell's enlightening portrait of the SA, its history, and its relationship to the overall Nazi movement reveals how the organization's leaders reshaped the SA over time to adapt to Germany's changing political concerns.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Bruce Campbell is an independent scholar and visiting professor of history at Old Dominion University.

Product Description:

Book by Campbell Bruce

Su questa edizione

• Editore: The University Press of Kentucky
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0813190983
• ISBN 13: 9780813190983
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288