Learning Empire: Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919

ISBN-13: 9781108483827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 668 str.

Erik Grimmer-Solem

Opis

Looks at German global entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.

Recenzje

'… a compelling, substantial work.' J. P. Short, H-German

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Absent-Minded Empire, 1875–1897: 1. Frontier empire: the United States; 2. Island empire: Japan; 3. World economy: China and Venezuela; Part II. Empire Imagined, 1897–1907: 4. World policy; 5. The High Seas Fleet and power politics; 6. National efficiency and the new mercantilism; 7. Formal and informal empire; 8. Empire in crisis; Part III. Empire Lost, 1908–1919: 9. Colonial dreams; 10. World policy contained; 11. From world policy to world war; 12. War aims, peace resolutions, and defeat; Epilogue.