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Book SynopsisThis book not only examines Nazi imperial architecture, armament and plans to regain colonies but also reveals what Hitler said in moments of truth. The author presents many new sources and information, including Hitler's little known intention to attack New York City with long-range bombers in the days of Pearl Harbor.
Trade Review “…an interesting and innovative work that remains relevant to any scholars interested in Hitler’s ideology and the nature of Nazi imperialism.” · Journal of Modern History
“Jochen Thies’s classic [1967] book on Hitler’s plans for world domination is available for the first time in English translation. Despite the huge and burgeoning literature on the Third Reich, the Holocaust, and the Second World War, there is relatively little written on Hitler’s ultimate goals or about the counterfactual: What would have happened if the Wehrmacht had won the campaign against the Soviet Union in the early fall of 1941?...[This] and other questions regarding Hitler’s plans cannot be answered definitely by Thies’s book, but he has given historians a very sound place to start.” · The Historian
“It is high time that this extremely important, well researched, and soundly argued book on the real goals of Adolf Hitler be made accessible to the English-speaking public. At a time when one can still see foolish assertions about his wanting to revise the 1919 peace settlement, it will be especially useful for Americans to read about his concept of world domination and plans to implement it.” · Gerhard Weinberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Table of Contents Foreword
Volker R. Berghahn
Part I. Hitler’s Ultimate Goals 1920-1933: Only new ‘Lebensraum’ in the East?
Introduction
Chapter 1. Hitler and his Critics
Chapter 2. Current Research
Chapter 3. Mein Kampf as the Central Source
Chapter 4. Hitler as Builder: Construction Plans, Armaments and a Vision of War
Chapter 5. The Beginnings of a Power Politician. ‘Models’ of Imperial Rule: The Jews and Britain
Chapter 6. No turning back: The Aftermath of September 14, 1930
Part II. Hitler as Architect
Chapter 7. Megalomania as Policy
Chapter 8. Hitler’s Views on Architecture, History and Art
Chapter 9. Buildings and their Functions
Chapter 10. Hitler and his Plans after 1933
Chapter 11. Architecture and the Third Reich
Chapter 12. Summary
Part III. Hitler and Military Issues: from Whale Bay to Lake Erie
Chapter 13. Hitler’s Addresses to German Officers
Chapter 14. The Navy’s Battleship Building Plans and Visions of World Power
Chapter 15. The Me 261/264: Hitler’s Long Range Bomber
Chapter 16. Summary
Part IV. Hitler in 1940-1941: When Visions Become Reality
Chapter 17. Axiomatic Geopolitics: 1950 as the Objective
Chapter 18. The Remaining Powers after a Victory over the USSR
Chapter 19. Hitler’s Path to World Supremacy:
The Military Solution
The Trade War
The “Annexation” of the World
Chapter 20. Ruling the New World
Chapter 21. The British Assessment of Hitler’s Ultimate Goals
Chapter 22. Final Observations on Hitler’s Global Strategy
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
