Behemoth : the Structure and Practice of National Socialism 1933-1944

研究纳粹的第一部重要理论著作，也是最经典的研究。连福柯也比较推崇此书。 作者在該書中曾提出一個被後來的研究都證實的觀點，即在納粹時代的德國，國家機器完全解體，集團紛爭，社會混亂到了極點。这和人们通常所认为的观点正好相反，因为人们认为纳粹国家是一个全面管制的威权国家。 The thesis is that National Socialist rule is a function of continuing struggles among power groups united only by their hatred of the labor movement and that Nazi Germany consequently lacks a state in the sense of the modern political formation oriented to order and predictability. Within this framework, Neumann applied many Marxist tools of analysis to characterize the prime social component in the inner struggle. While opinions differed about his theses, his mastery of German sources and rich empirical documentation drew universal applause.