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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

Adam Tooze

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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

Revealing economic underpinnings of Hitler's doomed enterprise.

"The Wages of Destruction" is a compelling dive into the economic forces that shaped Nazi Germany and ultimately led to its downfall. If you're keen on understanding the intersection of economics, politics, and history, Adam Tooze offers a meticulously researched account that's bound to enrich your perspective on WWII. It steps away from pure military history to examine the fatal flaws within the Nazi economic strategy, making it indispensable for those who seek a deeper analysis of how Hitler's vision clashed with reality.

  • Wolfson History Prize (2007)
  • Hessell-Tiltman Prize Nominee (2007)
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ISBN: 9780143113201
Author: Adam Tooze
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2008-02-26
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics, Economics
Related Topics: War, Politics, European History, World War II, History
Goodreads rating: 4.52
(rated by 2510 readers)

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Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism. An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period to explore how Hitler's surprisingly prescient vision--ultimately hindered by Germany's limited resources and his own racial ideology--was to create a German super-state to dominate Europe and compete with what he saw as America's overwhelming power in a soon-to-be globalized world. The Wages of Destruction is a chilling work of originality and tremendous scholarship that set off debate in Germany and will fundamentally change the way in which history views the Second World War.
 

Revealing economic underpinnings of Hitler's doomed enterprise.

"The Wages of Destruction" is a compelling dive into the economic forces that shaped Nazi Germany and ultimately led to its downfall. If you're keen on understanding the intersection of economics, politics, and history, Adam Tooze offers a meticulously researched account that's bound to enrich your perspective on WWII. It steps away from pure military history to examine the fatal flaws within the Nazi economic strategy, making it indispensable for those who seek a deeper analysis of how Hitler's vision clashed with reality.

  • Wolfson History Prize (2007)
  • Hessell-Tiltman Prize Nominee (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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