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immediately after the Second World War, Hitler's leadership and control of political life in the Third Reich were regarded to be strong and completely absolute. This view is perhaps best emphasized by Norman Rich who commented that ‘the point cannot be stressed too strongly; Hitler was the Master of the Third Reich". 1 Such historians take the view that Hitler devised a plan for the Third Reich, outlined in his book ‘Mein Kampf'. Historians writing from this particular perspective are…

In Robert Reich’s Saving Capitalism, Reich discusses and conveys his thoughts on the United States of America’s current economic condition, as well as the steps Americans must take to save the system of capitalism. Divided into three distinct sections, this book effectively takes the reader through the foundation of the United States’ economy and the problems it faces. Reich himself was the Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton and a well-known economic expert, as he shows his prowess and…

can recover. Although we are nearing the end of the recession, families and more importantly the middle class does not feel like it’s over. Robert Reich, one of the greatest economist of his time, postulates very generally that the problem is the growing gap between the rich and the poor, and the disappearance of the middle class. One of the reasons Reich believes the middle class is feeling the brute of the recession even nearing the end is that although the average wage has slowly risen, the…

The Third Reich was a period of history where the country of Germany was under the control of the National-Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazi Party. The rise of the Reich followed Germany’s defeat in World War One and the country’s vulnerable state made it susceptible to the eventual takeover of both Nazi ideology and Adolf Hitler. Through excessive propaganda and manipulation, Nazis were able to unconditionally control Germany for 12 years. During this time, The Reich ignited World…

The documentary we have been watching is “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” The Third Reich is about the Germans, the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis who are in control and have the power of every other person who is not in the Nazi political party. The rise of the Third Reich was the high level of belief in Hitler. The Fall of the Third Reich was the lack of trust and confidence in Hitler because of his wrong doings. The Germans know they were going to lose WWI. The 1919 treaty…

repercussions those practices had on the common workers, Robert Reich wrote a book entitled “Saving capitalism” in which he describes them and calls for a “reorganization of the market” in order to fix the crude injustices and prevent future ones. He ultimately points to the issue with the term “free market”: it hides under the virtuous label of freedom a system under which citizens play by the same rules, but a select few…

Robert Reich proposed a decent and well thought out argument on how to sustain a strong middle class. At the same time, I do not think the way he thinks we should sustain a strong middle class is the best entirely. He is a little biased in his way of thinking which is strictly democratic policies, where I tend to disagree with. He understands global economics, but does his understanding cause financial success for american workers. Some of his propositions are worthwhile like “Overturn Citizens…

country to follow him, even during the atrocities the Nazis committed. From the time Hitler became Chancellor to the fall of the Third Reich, many Germans were his loyal and faithful followers. In 1933, the Nazi party received 44% of the vote in the Reichstag…

While Fritzche shares the perspective of a Nazi, his argument surrounding the ability for radio to gain followers is supported by Carruthers and largely difficult to dispute. In addition, film in the Third Reich was almost as important as radio for propaganda. Without television, the cinema was the main visual media available to the public. The majority of Germans attended the cinema each week where they would watch feature films and newsreels that were always officially approved. The…

In his memoirs entitled Inside Third Reich, Albert Speer depicts his time as Adolf Hitler’s head architect and a very close personal friend. Their friendship lasted nearly 12 years, ending when HItler committed suicide in his bunker. After the war Speer was certain that he would be sentenced to death by hanging like many other Nazi leaders. Instead he was sentenced to a 20 year sentence in Spandau prison. He was granted this sentence in lieu of death due to a convincing case made at the…