EBOOK Popular Opinion in Totalitarian Regimes:Fascism, Nazism, Communism

Fascism, Nazism, and Communism dominated the history of much of the twentieth        century, yet comparatively little attention has focused on popular reactions to the        regimes that sprang from these ideologies. Popular Opinion in Totalitarian Regimes        is the first volume to investigate popular reactions to totalitarian rule in the        Soviet Union, Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the communist regimes in Poland and        East Germany after 1945.The contributions, written for this volume by        internationally acknowledged experts in their fields, move beyond the rather static        vision provided by traditional themes of consent and coercion to construct a more        nuanced picture of everyday life in the various regimes. The book provides many new        insights into the ways totalitarian regimes functioned and the reasons for their        decline, encouraging comparisons between the different regimes and stimulating        re-evaluation of long-establishedpositions.