Review Article : How Necessary is a 'Historicization' of the Third Reich? A Survey of Some Recent Publications on Nazism: Martin Broszat, Die Machtergreifung Der Aufstieg der NSDAP und die Zerstorung der Weimarer Republik, Munich, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1984; 242 pp., DM 9.80. English translation: Hitler and the Collapse of Weimar Germany, translated with a Foreword by V.R. Berghahn, Leamington Spa, Berg, 1987; ix + 157pp.;  18.00 hardback,  5.95 paperback. David Abraham, The Collapse of the Weimar Republic Political Economy and Crisis, New York and London, Holmes & Meier, revised 2nd edn 1987; 1iii + 352pp.; US $45.00 hardback, US $17.50 paperback. Thomas Childers, ed., The Formation of the Nazi Constituency 1919-1933, London, Croom