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The Triumph of the Dark - European International History 1933-1939 (Paperback)
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The Triumph of the Dark - European International History 1933-1939 (Paperback)
Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe
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In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road
to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany.
Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East,
Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed
events of these tumultuous years. Steiner underlines the
far-reaching consequences of the Great Depression, which shifted
the initiative in international affairs from those who upheld the
status quo to those who were intent on destroying it. In Europe,
the l930s were Hitler's years. He moved the major chess pieces on
the board, forcing the others to respond. From the start, Steiner
argues, he intended war, and he repeatedly gambled on Germany's
future to acquire the necessary resources to fulfil his continental
ambitions. Only war could have stopped him-an unwelcome message for
most of Europe. Misperception, miscomprehension, and misjudgment on
the part of the other Great Powers leaders opened the way for
Hitler's repeated diplomatic successes. It is ideology that
distinguished the Hitler era from previous struggles for the
mastery of Europe. Ideological presumptions created false images
and raised barriers to understanding that even good intelligence
could not penetrate. Only when the leaders of Britain and France
realized the scale of Hitler's ambition, and the challenge Germany
posed to their Great Power status, did they finally declare war.
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