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Martin Kitchen's compelling account of Europe between the wars sets
the twenty-year crisis within the context of the profound sense of
cultural malaise shared by many philosophers and artists, the
economic crises that plagued a Europe ruined by war and the social
upheavals caused by widespread unemployment and grinding poverty
amid a noticeable improvement of living standards. This thoroughly
revised edition, with completely new sections on intellectual,
cultural and social history is richly illustrated with contemporary
photographs. It is an up-to-date and lively account of a critical
period of European history when the old world collapsed, the
dictators offered seemingly exciting alternatives, and democracies
were put to the supreme test. Written for undergraduate students
studying 20th century European history, this new edition of a
classic will challenge and provoke a deeper understanding of the
interwar years.
Originally published in 1976 and based upon the extensive use of
original archival material, this book provides a detailed account
of the 2 years in which the German army enjoyed unprecedented power
and influence. The rise of Hindenburg and Ludendorff is seen
against the background of the failure of the army to win a decisive
victory in the early stages of the war. The book provides insights
into the dynamics of German militarism and imperialism, and is an
important contribution to the discussion of the continuity of
German history.
Originally published in 1978, this book goes beyond conventional
studies of economic history to discuss wider political and social
questions pertinent to the development of the German political
economy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The interaction
between economic development and social structure played a unique
and extremely important role in the development of 19th century
Germany and accounts for the distinct manner in which German
society developed during this period. This book examines the
origins and nature of the German industrial revolution, and effects
of the Zollverein on economic growth and national unity, and the
critical role of railway building.
Originally published in 1981 and now re-issued with a new Preface,
this book contains contributions on key issues such as the origins
of the First World War, the psychological impact of that war on the
Germans, the enigmatic personality of Walter Rathenau,
anti-semitism and paramilitarism, as well as German Ostpolitik
during the Weimar period. The collapse of the Weimar Republic is
re-examined and this is followed by an analysis of the social basis
of the SS leadership corps, German reactions to the defeat in 1945
as observed by the British authorities and finally a wide-ranging
comparatiste essay on why Germany did not experience a 20th century
revolution in spite of the tremendous upheavals it suffered.
Originally published in 1976 and based upon the extensive use of
original archival material, this book provides a detailed account
of the 2 years in which the German army enjoyed unprecedented power
and influence. The rise of Hindenburg and Ludendorff is seen
against the background of the failure of the army to win a decisive
victory in the early stages of the war. The book provides insights
into the dynamics of German militarism and imperialism, and is an
important contribution to the discussion of the continuity of
German history.
In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government
forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up
in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A
few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many
observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence
of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers'
housing complex, the Karl-Marx-Hof, and the summary execution of a
number of leading figures in the fighting horrified the civilised
world. This book, first published in 1980, looks at the importance
of Austrian social democracy as one of the pillars of European
Marxism and shows how it became a victim of the spread of fascism.
The radical right and the peculiarities of Austrian varieties of
fascism are given particular attention, and Dollfuss's own brand of
fascistic state is analysed in terms of classic forms of fascism.
Particular emphasis is placed on the economic and social problems
of the Austrian Republic which led to a deepening of the political
crisis and also to the foreign political ramifications of the
problem. Although Dollfuss appeared to be determinedly anti-Nazi it
was he who finally gave the order to destroy the Social Democratic
Party little realising he was destroying himself. Thus, this study
illustrates how socialism was strengthened rather than weakened by
the fighting in February, and Austrian fascism far from halting
German fascism, paved the way for its final triumph.
The twelve years of the Third Reich casts a dark shadow over
history. Fierce debates still rage over many of the hows, whys and
wherefores of this perplexing period. Leading expert on German
history, Martin Kitchen, provides a concise, accessible and
provocative account of Nazi Germany. It takes into account the
political, social, economic and cultural ramifications, and sets it
within the context of the times, while pointing out those areas
that still defy our understanding. This lively account addresses
major issues such as the reasons for Hitlers extraordinary
popularity, his hold over the German people even when all seemed
lost, the role of ideology, the cooption of the elites, and the
descent into war for race and space, culminating in the horrors of
the holocaust.
A concise account of the war - including the war in Asia and the
Pacific as well as the European arena. Covers the formation of the
victorious Grand Alliance and to the problems that beset it, and to
Nazi Germany's relations with its allies.
Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving
improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this
innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of
academic debate. Encompassing context, processes and agency,
Managing Improvements in Healthcare addresses the task of
attaining, embedding and sustaining improvement in the industry.
The book begins by offering insight into the different valued
aspects of quality, providing specific examples of national and
organizational interventions in pursuit of improvement. The second
part focuses on strategies for embedding good practice and ensuring
the spread of high quality through knowledge mobilization, and the
final part draws attention to the different groups of change agents
involved in delivering, co-creating and benefitting from quality
improvement. This inventive text will be insightful to those
researchers interested in healthcare and organization, looking to
transform theory into policy and practice.
Originally published in 1978, this book goes beyond conventional
studies of economic history to discuss wider political and social
questions pertinent to the development of the German political
economy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The interaction
between economic development and social structure played a unique
and extremely important role in the development of 19th century
Germany and accounts for the distinct manner in which German
society developed during this period. This book examines the
origins and nature of the German industrial revolution, and effects
of the Zollverein on economic growth and national unity, and the
critical role of railway building.
Originally published in 1981 and now re-issued with a new Preface,
this book contains contributions on key issues such as the origins
of the First World War, the psychological impact of that war on the
Germans, the enigmatic personality of Walter Rathenau,
anti-semitism and paramilitarism, as well as German Ostpolitik
during the Weimar period. The collapse of the Weimar Republic is
re-examined and this is followed by an analysis of the social basis
of the SS leadership corps, German reactions to the defeat in 1945
as observed by the British authorities and finally a wide-ranging
comparatiste essay on why Germany did not experience a 20th century
revolution in spite of the tremendous upheavals it suffered.
A powerful and absorbing study of the German home front from the
outbreak of hostilities to the collapse of the Third Reich. It
explores the impact of Nazi domestic policies on the German people,
and the effects of the extreme radicalization of the regime under
the pressures of total war. It examines the economy, social policy,
and the realities of daily life; the part played by the law and the
Churches; the changing role of women; the fate of foreign workers,
prisoners of war and the Jews; and the extent of resistance to the
regime. At its heart is the crucial relationship of the party, the
state and public opinion in the Hitler Years.
In February 1934 fighting broke out in Linz between government
forces and the Social Democratic Party. Within hours Vienna was up
in arms and the fighting soon spread to other parts of Austria. A
few days later the party was destroyed and Austria seemed to many
observers to have joined the ranks of fascist states. The violence
of the fighting, particularly the shelling of the vast workers'
housing complex, the Karl-Marx-Hof, and the summary execution of a
number of leading figures in the fighting horrified the civilised
world. This book, first published in 1980, looks at the importance
of Austrian social democracy as one of the pillars of European
Marxism and shows how it became a victim of the spread of fascism.
The radical right and the peculiarities of Austrian varieties of
fascism are given particular attention, and Dollfuss's own brand of
fascistic state is analysed in terms of classic forms of fascism.
Particular emphasis is placed on the economic and social problems
of the Austrian Republic which led to a deepening of the political
crisis and also to the foreign political ramifications of the
problem. Although Dollfuss appeared to be determinedly anti-Nazi it
was he who finally gave the order to destroy the Social Democratic
Party little realising he was destroying himself. Thus, this study
illustrates how socialism was strengthened rather than weakened by
the fighting in February, and Austrian fascism far from halting
German fascism, paved the way for its final triumph.
A powerful and absorbing study of the German home front from the
outbreak of hostilities to the collapse of the Third Reich. It
explores the impact of Nazi domestic policies on the German people,
and the effects of the extreme radicalization of the regime under
the pressures of total war. It examines the economy, social policy,
and the realities of daily life; the part played by the law and the
Churches; the changing role of women; the fate of foreign workers,
prisoners of war and the Jews; and the extent of resistance to the
regime. At its heart is the crucial relationship of the party, the
state and public opinion in the Hitler Years.
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Ephesians (Paperback)
Martin Kitchen, Canon Martin Kitchen
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This study approaches the Epistle of the Ephesians in a radically
different way from traditional commentaries. Rather than analyzing
each individual verse, Martin Kitchen examines the complete text
within the framework of contemporary Biblical criticism. He
acknowledges the debt which Biblical studies owes to historical
method, while also recognizing the need to view the epistle against
the background of recent literary approaches to New Testament
texts.
The book shows why most commentators now think that Ephesians was
not the work of Paul himself and suggests a context in which the
epistle might have been written. Covering recent developments in
New Testament theology, "Ephesians" discusses the early history of
the church and the hermeneutical questions concerning the
significance of religious texts which date from a past age.
An account of the war in which the author has aimed to produce a
brief but comprehensive record of the events, specifically bearing
in mind the requirements of university and college students. It is
presented as an analytical narrative and presupposes no previous
knowledge.
Martin Kitchen's compelling account of Europe between the wars sets
the twenty-year crisis within the context of the profound sense of
cultural malaise shared by many philosophers and artists, the
economic crises that plagued a Europe ruined by war and the social
upheavals caused by widespread unemployment and grinding poverty
amid a noticeable improvement of living standards. This thoroughly
revised edition, with completely new sections on intellectual,
cultural and social history is richly illustrated with contemporary
photographs. It is an up-to-date and lively account of a critical
period of European history when the old world collapsed, the
dictators offered seemingly exciting alternatives, and democracies
were put to the supreme test. Written for undergraduate students
studying 20th century European history, this new edition of a
classic will challenge and provoke a deeper understanding of the
interwar years.
The twelve years of the Third Reich casts a dark shadow over
history. Fierce debates still rage over many of the hows, whys and
wherefores of this perplexing period. Leading expert on German
history, Martin Kitchen, provides a concise, accessible and
provocative account of Nazi Germany. It takes into account the
political, social, economic and cultural ramifications, and sets it
within the context of the times, while pointing out those areas
that still defy our understanding. This lively account addresses
major issues such as the reasons for Hitler's extraordinary
popularity, his hold over the German people even when all seemed
lost, the role of ideology, the cooption of the elites, and the
descent into war for race and space, culminating in the horrors of
the holocaust.
Over the last 10 years, the concept of value has emerged in both
business and public life as part of an important process of
measuring, benchmarking, and assuring the resources we invest and
the outcomes we generate from our activities. In the context of
public life, value is an important measure on the contribution to
business and social good of activities for which strict financial
measures are either inappropriate or fundamentally unsound. A
systematic, interdisciplinary examination of public value is
necessary to establish an essential definition and up-to-date
picture of the field. In reflecting on the 'public value project',
this book points to how the field has broadened well beyond its
original focus on public sector management; has deepened in terms
of the development of the analytical concepts and frameworks that
linked the concepts together; and has been applied increasingly in
concrete circumstances by academics, consultants, and
practitioners. This book covers three main topics; deepening and
enriching the theory of creating public value, broadening the
theory and practice of creating public value to voluntary and
commercial organisations and collaborative networks, and the
challenge and opportunity that the concept of public value poses to
social science and universities. Collectively, it offers new ways
of looking at public and social assets against a backdrop of
increasing financial pressure; new insights into changing social
attitudes and perceptions of value; and new models for increasingly
complicated collaborative forms of service delivery, involving
public, private, and not-for-profit players.
A new biography of Albert Speer, Hitler's chief architect and
trusted confidant, reveals the subject's deeper involvement in Nazi
atrocities "Kitchen, the author of a dozen works on
twentieth-century Germany, comprehensively disassembles Speer's
alibis and excuses. . . . His mastery of the revisionist evidence
against Speer is complete."-John Fund, National Review Online
"Brilliant and devastating. . . . Kitchen lays out a case so
airtight that one marvels anew how Speer survived the Nuremberg
trials with his neck intact."-Martin Filler, New York Review of
Books In his best-selling autobiography, Albert Speer, Minister of
Armaments and chief architect of Nazi Germany, repeatedly insisted
he knew nothing of the genocidal crimes of Hitler's Third Reich. In
this revealing new biography, author Martin Kitchen disputes
Speer's lifelong assertions of ignorance and innocence, portraying
a far darker figure who was deeply implicated in the appalling
crimes committed by the regime he served so well. Kitchen
reconstructs Speer's life with what we now know, including
information from valuable new sources that have come to light only
in recent years, challenging the portrait presented by earlier
biographers and by Speer himself of a cultured technocrat devoted
to his country while completely uninvolved in Nazi politics and
crimes. The result is the first truly serious accounting of the
man, his beliefs, and his actions during one of the darkest epochs
in modern history, not only countering Speer's claims of
non-culpability but also disputing the commonly held misconception
that it was his unique genius alone that kept the German military
armed and fighting long after its defeat was inevitable.
or all who preach and for all who prepare for worship by prayerful
reading of the Scripture passages for the day, Word of Promise is a
practical and devotional companion which offers wise and informed
commentary on the principal service lectionary readings for each
Sunday and major holy day in Year A, the year of Matthew. The
authors represent a wide spectrum of biblical theology, but their
shared love of Scripture and concern for excellence in preaching
have combined to produce a commentary that is at once insightful
and inspirational. Drawing together Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle
and Gospel readings, they provide many imaginative starting points
for further reflection and application. Word of Promise will open
minds and hearts to the Scriptures and encourage a greater sense of
expectation in worship.
At the height of his power in January 1941 Hitler made the fateful
decision to send troops to North Africa to save the beleaguered
Italian army from defeat. Martin Kitchen's masterful history of the
Axis campaign provides a fundamental reassessment of the key
battles of 1941-3, Rommel's generalship, and the campaign's place
within the broader strategic context of the war. He shows that the
British were initially helpless against the operational brilliance
of Rommel's Panzer divisions. However Rommel's initial successes
and refusal to follow orders committed the Axis to a campaign well
beyond their means. Without the reinforcements or supplies he
needed to deliver a knockout blow, Rommel was forced onto the
defensive and Hitler's Mediterranean strategy began to unravel. The
result was the loss of an entire army which together with defeat at
Stalingrad signalled a decisive shift in the course of the war.
An essential handbook for preachers and a lively, informed
devotional companion for those who prepare for worship by reading
the Scriptures, this commentary on the Principal Service readings
for Year A offers: * Variations in interpretation * Background
history * Links between passages * Theological significance *
Language sources * Illustrative quotes
A resource to inform, inspire and challenge, Word in Our Time is
written for all who take part in worship to help them engage more
deeply with the Scripture readings of the day. Preachers will find
it an invaluable resource which enables them to make links between
the Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel texts, bring out their
essential message and relate them to the experience and needs of
the congregation. In addition to pithy and informed commentary on
the principal service readings for each Sunday and major holy day
in Year C, the year of Luke, many practical preaching' helps are
also included: information on biblical or historical background,
variations in interpretation, illustrative quotes and points for
application. Those who read in church will be helped by a better
understanding what the biblical writers were saying, and for all
who prepare for worship by prayerful reading of the lessons for the
day, Word in Our Time provides many thoughtful and stimulating
insights which will encourage fuller integration between our
worship, celebration, learning, spiritual formation and daily
living.
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