Abstract
Though nazism can be located as a form of fascism or type of totalitarianism, these generic concepts inadequately account for what was singular about a regime which unleashed such devastating inhumanity — a terrible war of annihilation and the worst genocide the world has yet experienced. So this article suggests an answer located in a unique combination of forces embodied in Hitler’s dictatorship: the extraordinary power of ‘charismatic authority’, drawing on distinctive ideological traits in German political culture, coupled with the bureaucratic capacity of a highly modern state system.
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