Nazi Propaganda and the Second World War

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Abbreviations......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Propaganda, propagandist and the audience......Page 14
Effective propaganda and the limits of NS \'totalitarianism\'......Page 19
Main premises......Page 25
Structure and foci of the book......Page 26
1 Propaganda, \'Co-ordination\' and \'Centralisation\': The Goebbels Network in Search of a Total Empire......Page 29
Cinema......Page 32
Press......Page 39
Broadcasting......Page 44
Polyocracy and \'charismatic\' power in the NS regime......Page 53
The role of Goebbels in NS propaganda: power-base and limits......Page 56
The \'Dietrich network\'......Page 60
The \'Ribbentrop\' network......Page 62
The case of Alfred Rosenberg......Page 64
The rise of Martin Bormann......Page 66
The \'OKW network\'......Page 69
Himmler and Speer......Page 71
The \'Goebbels network\' strikes back: 1943–45......Page 72
3 The Discourses of NS Propaganda: Long-Term Emplotment and Short-Term Justification......Page 76
NS propaganda and long-term positive integration......Page 78
Negative integration: the powerful common denominator......Page 83
The early common denominator: \'plutocrats\' and \'the Jew\'......Page 84
Anti-Bolshevism......Page 89
The construction of a negative mega-narrative: the \'Jewish–Bolshevik–plutocratic alliance\'......Page 96
Justifying \'war\', 1939......Page 106
From plan to invasion: the campaign against Poland and the first \'triumph\'......Page 111
The campaign against the west: the second \'triumph\'......Page 113
NS policy and propaganda at crossroads: Britain or Russia?......Page 117
Towards the attack on the Soviet Union \'Barbarossa\'......Page 119
The first stage of \'Barbarossa\' 1941......Page 124
The first adversities: Pearl Harbour, \'General Winter\' and the extension of the war......Page 130
The \'year of decision\': 1942......Page 134
The turning point: Stalingrad September 1942–January 1943......Page 138
The Stalingrad aftermath: NS propaganda and \'public opinion\'......Page 143
Bouncing back after Stalingrad: \'Total war\' and \'fear\'......Page 146
The subversion of the regime\'s monopoly of truth......Page 150
The \'Hitler-cult\': staying power and disintegration......Page 158
The withdrawal of Hitler – a new role for Goebbels?......Page 161
NS propaganda from consensus to negative integration......Page 166
In search for \'victory\'......Page 167
Allied \'terror attacks\' and \'retaliation\' Vergeltung......Page 173
The eastern front: defeat, \'shortening\' and \'planned evacuation\'......Page 181
Diverting attention from the east and the west......Page 186
Preparing for the final showdown......Page 191
8 Cinema and Totalitarian Propaganda: \'Information\' and \'Leisure\' in NS Germany, 1939–45......Page 198
The Wochenschau newsreel......Page 201
Documentary as reality......Page 207
The historical film as contemporary narrative......Page 211
Commercial and politically valuable? The \'entertainment film\' and NS propaganda......Page 220
Managing German cinema, 1939–45......Page 226
Conclusions: Legitimising the Impossible?......Page 231
Notes......Page 237
Bibliography......Page 279
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D......Page 297
G......Page 298
J......Page 300
N......Page 301
O......Page 303
R......Page 304
S......Page 305
U......Page 306
Y......Page 307