From the Book - Third edition.
Introduction : Holocaust, war and genocide : themes and problems
Dry timber : preconditions
Leadership and will: Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi ideology
From revolution to routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938
Open aggression: in search of war, 1938-1939
Brutal innovations : war against Poland and the so-called euthanasia program, 1939-1940
Expansion and systematization : exporting war and terror, 1940-1941
War and genocide : decisions and dynamics in the peak years of killing, 1942-1943
Flashover : the killing centers, 1942-1944
Death throes and killing frenzies, 1944-1945
Conclusion : legacies of atrocity.
Preface: War and genocide: race and space
Preconditions: antisemitism, racism, and common prejudices in early-twentieth-century Europe
Leadership and will: Adolf Hitler, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and Nazi ideology
From revolution to routine: Nazi Germany, 1933-1938
Open aggression: in search of war, 1938-1939
Experiments in brutality, 1939-1940: war against Poland and the so-called euthanasia program
Expansion and systematization: exporting war and terror, 1940-1941
The peak years of killing: 1942 and 1943
Death throes and killing frenzies, 1944-1945
Conclusions: The legacies of atrocity.
