Export Empire: German Soft Power in Southeastern Europe, 1890-1945

ISBN-13: 9781107531482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 400 str.

Stephen G. Gross

Opis

A major new interpretation of Nazi influence in southeastern Europe through the concepts of soft power and informal empire.

Recenzje

'An absorbing portrait of German interest in Yugoslavia and Romania during the first half of the long twentieth century.' Patricia Clavin, The Journal of Modern History

Spis treści

Introduction: the foundations of soft power and informal empire; Part I. German Power in the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic: 1. The legacy of Wilhelmine imperialism and the First World War, 1890–1920; 2. The economics of trade: building commercial networks in southeastern Europe, 1925–30; 3. The culture of trade: cultural diplomacy and area studies in southeastern Europe, 1925–30; 4. The politics of trade: Paneuropa, Mitteleuropa, and the Great Depression, 1929–33; Part II. Nazi Imperialism: 5. Stabilising the Reichsmark bloc: commercial networks in the Third Reich, 1933–9; 6. Economic pioneers or missionaries of the Third Reich? Cultural diplomacy in southeastern Europe, 1933–9; 7. Forging a hinterland: German development aid in the Balkans, 1934–40; 8. The Second World War: informal empire transformed, 1939–45; Conclusion: imperialism realised?