Zara Steiner: The Triumph of the Dark

Cover: 9780199676095 | The Triumph of the Dark | European International History 1933-1939

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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.

Über den Autor

Zara Steiner, Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of the British Academy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue

Part I: Retreat from Internationalism, 1933-1938

1: Brown Dawn: The Rise of Hitler and the Death of Disarmament, 1933-1934

2: Uncertain Embraces: The European Powers and Nazi Germany, 1934-1935

3: The Assault on Versailles and Locarno: Ethiopia and the occupation of the Rhineland

4: The Remnants of Internationalism, 1936-1938

5: The Spanish Cockpit, 1935-1938

6: Rearmament and Appeasement 1936-1937

7: Appeasement Advances, 1937-1938

8: Illusions of Neutrality: Eastern Europe, 1936-1938

9: Whither the Soviet Union? Moscow and the West, 1936-1938

10: Thunder from the East: The Sino-Japanese Conflict and the European Powers, 1933-1938

11: Hitler Moves: Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938

12: The Munich Settlement

Part II: The Road to Hitler's War, 1938-1939

13: The Fog of Peace: Strategic Choices after Munich

14: Black Sun: Aggression and Deterrence

15: Darkening Skies: Peace Talking and War Planning in Britain and France

16: Unleashing the Dogs of War

17: Red Clouds: The Soviet Union and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939

18: Escape from War or Persecution? The Smaller Powers and the Jews

19: The Nightmare of the Dark: The Decisions for War

Conclusion

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Oxford History of Modern Europe
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780199676095
ISBN-10:	0199676097
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Steiner, Zara
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press Oxford History of Modern Europe
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 136 x 71 mm
Von/Mit:	Zara Steiner
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.05.2013
Gewicht:	1,498 kg