Germany's Drive to the West (Drang Nach Westen) : A Study of Germany's Western War Aims during the First World War

• Autore: Atherton James Christian <1915->
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (10 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Agricultural education; Student teaching
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I. The Evolution of Western War Aims (August 1914-May 1915) -- The Government and Western War Aims -- The Reichstag and Western War Aims -- The Pan-German League -- The Western Industrialists and their War Aims -- The Kriegszielbewegung -- Annexationist Propaganda -- The "Moderates -- The Government and the Annexationists -- II. A Period of Conflict-Chancellor vs. Annexationists (June 1915-August 1916) -- Dualism of Bethmann Hollweg's Policy -- The War Aims of other Public Figures -- Administration of the Conquered Areas -- The Flemish Question -- The Political Parties during the Second Year of War -- The Annexationists continue their Agitation -- The " Petition of the Intellectuals " and the " Independent Committee -- The Campaign against Bethmann Hollweg -- The " Moderates " launch a Counter-Offensive -- III. A House Divided-Chancellor vs. Supreme Command (September 1916-July 1917) -- The Peace Note of December 12, 1916 -- Exploitation a Outrance -- Annexationist Reaction to the Peace Note -- Annexationism and Domestic Reform -- Bethmann Hollweg vs. the Supreme Command -- The Fall of Bethmann Hollweg -- IV. The Strange Case of Georg Michaelis (July 1917-October 1917) -- Michaelis and the Peace Resolution of July 19, 1917 -- The Vaterlandspartei -- The Government and the Vaterlandspartei -- The Papal Peace Note of August 1, 1917 -- The Bellevue Conference -- The Fall of Michaelis -- V. The Victory of the Annexationists-The Defeat of Germany (November 1917-September 1918) -- Count Hertling and the Supreme Command -- Supreme Command and Kriegszielbewegung -- Political or Military Offensive? -- The German People and Brest-Litovsk -- Annexationism during the Spring Offensive -- The Future of Belgium -- The Fall of Kuhlmann -- The Final Months -- Conclusion -- Bibliographical Note -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1950. Hans Gatzke analyzes Germany's ambitions to expand westward during World War I. Germany's wartime plans for expansion to the west had important repercussions at home and abroad. Gatzke proceeds chronologically, starting with the German political parties' outlining of their war aims. Gatzke claims that a combination of interests, including those of industrialists, pan-Germans, the parties of the Right, and the Supreme Command was responsible for the stubborn propagation of Germany's large war aims, which condemned the German people to remain at war until the bitter end. Each of these forces had its own particular reasons for wanting to hold out for far-reaching territorial gains, yet one aim that most of them had in common was ensuring, through a successful peace settlement, the continuation of the existing order, to their own advantage and to the political and economic detriment of the majority of the German people.
• Titolo autorizzato: Germany's Drive to the West (Drang Nach Westen)
• ISBN: 0-8018-0212-1; 1-4214-3193-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524681203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II