Introduction Section 1: Long Term CausesSection 2: The Years 1933-41 1. Nazi Ideology 2. The Consolidation of the Nazi Regime 3. Early Diplomacy and the Challenge of Nazi Rearmament, 1933-5 4. The Challenge of Japanese and Italian Territorial Expansion 5. The Remilitarization of the Rhineland and the Spanish Civil War 6. 1938: The Anchluss with Austria and the Czechoslovak Crisis 7. From European War to World War, 1939-41 Section 3: The Historical Debate Section4: Guide to Further Reading Index