10 SECOND SELLOne of our best-selling Seminar Studies titles, The Third Reich was both revised and substantially enlarged in a third edition in 2002. Yet Hitler's Third Reich is of perennial interest both at schools and university, and much new research has appeared in recent years. The new fourth edition will incorporate new findings and with an additional section on the German Home Front will become the most up-to-date introduction in the field.BRIEF DESCRIPTIONSince publication of the first edition in 1982, David Williamson's the Third Reich has become established as one of the most successful books in the Seminar Studies in History series. The author draws on up-to-date scholarship to guide students through the maze of historical controversies concerning the Third Reich and to offer a comprehensive analysis of the key issues of the period. In a clear and accessible manner, The new edition provides chapters that: introduce readers To The historiography of the Third Reich analyse the reasons for Hitler's rise to power look at how the Nazi regime consolidated it's grip on power during the period March 1933- August 1934 explain how Nazi Germany was governed and discuss to what extent Hitler can be viewed as a 'weak dictator' analyse Hitler's economic, foreign and social policies in both war and peace up to 1945, As well as the development of Nazi racial and eugenic policies.The analysis of these themes is backed up with an increased selection of documents, which enable students to discuss the key issues more fully. Providing a concise but comprehensive account of the origins, course and downfall of the Third Reich, this new edition of an already classic text will be an invaluable introduction To The subject for students.

FEATURES Who's Who Chronology Glossary Documents Full colour photos Guide to Further Reading MapsNEW TO THIS EDITIONChapter 10: The Home Front, 1939-45 will be expanded by some 5,000 words, giving the author an opportunity to analyse the impact of the war on the Nazi regime And The German people more thoroughly.Where necessary the text will be altered to take note of the arguments of important new publications such as Adam Tooze, The Wages of Destruction and Richard Evans, The Third Reich in Power.Some documents will be replaced by more striking or newly discovered sources.WHY IT WILL SELL Central topic in the study of 20th century German History One of the most popular option course at both undergraduate and A Level Sales of previous editions since 1995 = 20,000 + Occupies a unique position in the market as the only introductory volume with primary source documents Bringing this updated volume into the new 2008 format will give it better visibility in the market and will significantly improve sales.BENCHMARKThere are loads of GCSE and A-level texts on Nazi Germany or Weimar and Nazi Germany or Hitler, etc.Williamson, The Third Reich (Seminar Studies in History), Pearson, 2002, 240 pp., £16.99 - Sales of this edition 8,600.

Stephen Lee, Hitler and Nazi Germany (Questions and Analysis in History), Routledge, 1998, 144 pp., £13.00 (includes some documents)Frank McDonough, Hitler and Nazi Germany (Cambridge Perspectives in History), CUP, 1999, 160 pp., £10.99.