The explorer's roadmap to national-socialism
Subtitle: Sven Hedin, geography and the path to genocide
By: Sarah K. Danielsson
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781409432128; 9781409432135
Subjects: Biography; National socialism and intellectuals; National socialism and science; Geopolitics; Explorers; Political activity; History
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: at the heart of the matter: the politics of science; title: Part I. From geographer to political activist, 1880-1933: Geographical knowledge is world power: Sven Hedin's rise to fame and influence, 1885-1903; the ideological conviction of a germanic nationalist: Hedin the agitator, 1904-1913; at the front lines of the great war: defending the Germanic cause, 1914-1918; "there is a cancer in the middle of Europe": Hedin's national-socialist blue-print, 1919-1934; title: Part II. The Nazi years and the aftermath, 1934-1952: The hour of retribution has struck: the fateful years, 1935-1938; on a mission in Berlin: plans for the East and the move towards genocide, 1939-1941; the truest friend of the Third Reich: justifying genocide, 1942-1945; the final years: Sven Hedin, Apologia pro vita sua; title: Conclusion: the politics of science: in defense of the indefensible.