The Foreign Policy of the Third Reich (Paperback, Revised)

In this short outline history of Hitler's foreign policy, Professor Hildebrand contends that the National Socialist Party achieved popularity largely because it integrated all the political, economic and socio-political expectations prevailing in Germany since Bismarck. Thus, foreign policy under Hitler was a logical extension of the aims of the newly created German nation - state of 1871. Trading on his domestic economic successes, Hitler relied on the traditional methods of power politics - backing diplomacy with force. Had he pursued expansionist aims alone, using specific lighting wars as threats or instruments of conquest he might have been more successful. As it was, the scheme went awry when the first phase - European hegemony - was overtaken by and forced to run parallel with the second and third phases: American intervention and 'racial purification'. The ideology became too great a burden to bear, stimulating internal resistance, and the Allies of course determined to wage total for a total surrender.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1973
First published:	1973
Authors:	Klaus Hildebrand
Dimensions:	143 x 216 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	220
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-02528-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-520-02528-8
Barcode:	9780520025288

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