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Oxford, United Kingdom: Polity Press, 1997. XVIII, 494 pages, indexed, chapter notes, security sticker fastened to the rear board, minor handling marks to the front edge. Through a skilful interweaving of empirical evidence and theoretical reasoning, Elias point to many of the ways in which the particular features of the German personality, social structure and behaviour, which combined to produce a rise of Hitler and the Holocaust, can be seen as having grown out of Germany's past. Elias goes on to discuss the weakening of state control in Germany after the first world war and the emergence of the private armies, destabilising the fledgeling Weimar republic and contributing to a terrorist movement that strove for the restoration of authoritarian rule. He argues that these internationally stigmatise in events occurred as a result of decisions made in a context of national crisis by ruling groups which enjoyed widespread popular support, especially among the middle classes. -- rear panel. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History -- Sociology.