Export empire : German soft power in Southeastern Europe, 1890-1945 /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Stephen G., 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:New studies in European history.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Map: Europe during the interwar period, 1919-1939; Introduction: the foundations of soft power and informal empire; Part I German power in the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic; Part II Nazi imperialism; Conclusion: Imperialism realized?; Bibliography; Index; 1 The legacy of Wilhelmine imperialism and the First World War, 1890-1920; 2 The economics of trade: building commercial networks in Southeastern Europe, 1925-1930.
  • 3 The culture of trade: cultural diplomacy and area studies in Southeastern Europe, 1925-19304 The politics of trade: Paneuropa, Mitteleuropa, and the Great Depression, 1929-1933; 5 Stabilizing the Reichsmark bloc: commercial networks in the Third Reich, 1933-1939; 6 Economic pioneers or missionaries of the Third Reich? Cultural diplomacy in Southeastern Europe, 1933-1939; 7 Forging a hinterland: German development aid in the Balkans, 1934-1940; 8 The Second World War: informal empire transformed, 1939-1945.