Nazi Propaganda and the Second World War

List of Abbreviations | p. viii
Acknowledgements | p. x
Introduction: 'Totalitarianism', Propaganda, War and the Third Reich | p. 1
Propaganda, propagandist and the audience | p. 1
Effective propaganda and the limits of NS 'totalitarianism' | p. 6
Main premises | p. 12
Structure and foci of the book | p. 13
Propaganda, 'Co-ordination' and 'Centralisation': The Goebbels Network in Search of a Total Empire | p. 16
Cinema | p. 19
Press | p. 26
Broadcasting | p. 31
'Polyocracy' versus 'Centralisation': The Multiple 'Networks' of NS Propaganda | p. 40
Polyocracy and 'charismatic' power in the NS regime | p. 40
The role of Goebbels in NS propaganda: power-base and limits | p. 43
The 'Dietrich network' | p. 47
The 'Ribbentrop' network | p. 49
The case of Alfred Rosenberg | p. 51
The rise of Martin Bormann | p. 53
The 'OKW network' | p. 56
Himmler and Speer | p. 58
The 'Goebbels network' strikes back: 1943-45 | p. 59
The Discourses of NS Propaganda: Long-Term Emplotment and Short-Term Justification | p. 63
NS propaganda and long-term positive integration | p. 65
Negative integration: the (powerful) common denominator | p. 70
The early common denominator: 'plutocrats' and 'the Jew' | p. 71
Anti-Bolshevism | p. 76
The construction of a negative megan-narrative: the 'Jewish-Bolshevik-plutocratic alliance' | p. 83
From 'Short Campaign' to 'Gigantic Confrontation': NS Propaganda and the Justification of War, 1939-41 | p. 93
Justifying 'war', 1939 | p. 93
From plan to invasion: the campaign against Poland and the first 'triumph' | p. 98
The campaign against the west: the second 'triumph' | p. 100
NS policy (and propaganda) at crossroads: Britain or Russia? | p. 104
Towards the attack on the Soviet Union ('Barbarossa') | p. 106
From Triumph to Disaster: NS Propaganda from the Launch of 'Barbarossa' until Stalingrad | p. 111
The first stage of 'Barbarossa' (1941) | p. 111
The first adversities: Pearl Harbour, 'General Winter' and the extension of the war | p. 117
The 'year of decision': 1942 | p. 121
The turning point: Stalingrad (September 1942-January 1943) | p. 125
NS Propaganda and the Loss of the Monopoly of Truth (1943-44) | p. 130
The Stalingrad aftermath: NS propaganda and 'public opinion' | p. 130
Bouncing back after Stalingrad: 'Total war' and 'fear' | p. 133
The subversion of the regime's monopoly of truth | p. 137
The 'Hitler-cult': staying power and disintegration | p. 145
The withdrawal of Hitler - a new role for Goebbels? | p. 148
The Winding Road to Defeat: The Propaganda of Diversion and Negative Integration | p. 153
NS propaganda from consensus to negative integration | p. 153
In search for 'victory' | p. 154
Allied 'terror attacks' and 'retaliation' (Vergeltung) | p. 160
The eastern front: defeat, 'shortening' and 'planned evacuation' | p. 168
Diverting attention from the east and the west | p. 173
Preparing for the final showdown | p. 178
Cinema and Totalitarian Propaganda: 'Information' and 'Leisure' in NS Germany, 1939-45 | p. 185
The Wochenschau (newsreel) | p. 188
Documentary as reality | p. 194
The historical film as contemporary narrative | p. 198
Commercial and politically valuable? The 'entertainment film' and NS propaganda | p. 207
Managing German cinema, 1939-45 | p. 213
Conclusions: Legitimising the Impossible? | p. 218
Notes | p. 224
Bibliography | p. 266
Index | p. 284
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