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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821987303321

Autore

Leitz Christian

Titolo

Nazi foreign policy, 1933-1941 : the road to global war / / Christian Leitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-84489-639-0

1-134-68736-2

1-134-68737-0

1-280-05771-8

0-203-64580-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

The Third Reich

Disciplina

327.43/009/043

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

World War, 1939-1945 - Causes

World War, 1914-1918 - Influence

Alliances

National socialism - Europe

National socialism - America

Germany Foreign relations 1933-1945

Europe Politics and government 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941: The Road to Global War; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Hitler and Mussolini: The road to alliance in war; 2 'Getting onto closer terms with the gangasters': France, Britain and Nazi Germany; 3 Hitler, Poland and Germany's conservative elites: From Non-Aggression Pact to conquest; 4 The road to 'Barbarossa': Hitler and the Soviet Union; 5 Nazi Germany and Southeast Europe: From economic satellites in peace to partners and victims in war; 6 Nazi regime and the American hemisphere; 7 Fallling between two stools: Nazi Germany's East Asian policy

ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

How did the Second World War come about? Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-



1941 provides lucid answers to this complex question. Focusing on the different regions of Nazi policy such as Italy, France and Britain, Christian Leitz explores the diplomatic and political developments that led to the outbreak of war in 1939 and its transformation into a global conflict in 1941.Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941 details the history of Nazi Germany's foreign policy from Hitler's inauguration as Reich Chancellor to the declaration of war by America in 1941. Christian Leitz gives equal weight