Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism

Zusatztext An excellent study--probably the most thoughtful, detailed, and erudite account of this subject that has yet been written. Klappentext Smith makes the argument that Nazi imperialism was! in many important respects! the culmination of a complex process of ideological development extending back to the first half of the 19th century! a process that went through its most important phases well before the rise of Hitler. Zusammenfassung This study traces the evolution of imperialist ideology in Germany from Bismarck in the mid-nineteenth century through to Hitler and the Third Reich. Although much has been written about the virulently racist and anti-communist ideologies of the Nazi party, this is the first book to treat Nazi imperialism as a separate ideology and set it within a sturdy theoretical framework. Smith contends that Nazi imperialism represented the last, ambitious attempt to integrate two century-old ideologies - the elite, pro-industrial Weltpolitik and the popular-based, pro-agrarian Lebensraum - into a single system.

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• Authors: Woodruff D. Smith, Woodruff D. (Professor of History Smith, Smith Woodruff D.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.02.1989
• EAN: 9780195047417
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504741-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Colonialism & imperialism, Fascism & Nazism, Colonialism and imperialism, Far-right political ideologies and movements