The Great Courses: A History Of Hitler's Empire 2nd 2-Disc Set w/ Guidebook

The Great Courses: A History Of Hitler's Empire 2nd 2-Disc Set w/ Guidebook DVD  Type: Movie Platform: DVD Media: DVD Know thy enemy. That's what the wisdom of history teaches us. And Adolf Hitler was surely the greatest enemy ever faced by modern civilization. Over half a century later, the horror and fascination still linger. And no one is better able to explain the unexplainable about this man and his movement than Professor Childers. These 12 lectures are designed to answer two burning questions that have nagged generations for decades, ever since Hitler and Nazism were destroyed: How could a man like Adolf Hitler and a movement like Nazism come to power in 20th-century Germany, an industrially developed country with a highly educated population? How were the Nazis able to establish the foundations of a totalitarian regime in such a short time and hurl all of Europe - and the world - into a devastating war that would consume so many millions of lives? As you travel back in time