This second edition has been fully updated to incorporate the research and literature from the last ten years, including several major studies by British and German scholars that have added to our understanding of Hitler and the Third Reich.
Michael Lynch is Honorary Visiting Fellow of the School of Historical Studies, Leicester University. has written over thirty books on European and Chinese history; his recent publications include: Authoritarian States (2015), China 1839-1997 (2016), Mao (2017), The Chinese Civil War (2022). He has lectured in Europe and Australia and has also appeared as a 'talking head' in a number of television history documentaries.
