'The book as a whole is highly original, illuminating and well‐written. Above all, it sheds fresh light on transnational developments in the history of the Third Reich and the history of fascism more generally, as well as highlighting lesser‐known institutions within the SS's colonial apparatus. Ultimately, Gutmann demonstrates that the logical conclusion of Nazi chauvinism utterly precluded true respect and cooperation between nations - illuminating the fundamental incoherence of the competing visions of a New Europe which lay at Nazism's heart.' Helen Roche, History
Introduction; 1. Germanic dreams: the Waffen-SS and foreign recruitment; 2. Restless youth: prewar biographical sketches; 3. Joining the burgeoning Waffen-SS; 4. Building a Germanic Europe; 5. Molding the Germanic political soldier; 6. The end of the Germanic project; Conclusion.