Books

[Rev. Rye]

Currently on The Third Reich in Power. A good analysis so far, but I do find Evans' decision to cover the transformation of Nazi Germany in its first six years in a non-linear, issue-by-issue basis to be a bit alienating. Then again, a proper, linear, description might be confusing due to the chaotic nature of the whole thing (plus, going between the drama involving Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig that led him to losing his job at the Reichsmusikkammer might be hard to fit in with the reunification of the Saarland and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement). Also, I'm not sure about his decision to translate the Volkischer Beobachter as The Racial Observer. Technically, the word volkisch is so tied up in nationalism and populism and racism that it's pretty much impossible to give a direct translation into English, but, at least in context, one would think "People's Observer" would be more accurate.