Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich

by David Clay Large

Book Overview

Munich was the birthplace of Nazism and became the chief cultural shrine of the Third Reich. In exploring the question of why Nazism flourished in the 'Athens of the Isar', David Clay Large has written a compelling account of the cultural roots of the Nazi movement, allowing us to see that the conventional explanations for the movement's rise are not enough. Large's account begins in Munich's 'golden age', four decades before World War I, when the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039303836X
• ISBN13: 9780393038361
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.6"