Hitler's plans for world domination
Subtitle: Nazi architecture and ultimate war aims
By: Jochen Thies ; translated by Ian Cooke and Mary-Beth Friedrich
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857454621; 9780857454638
Subjects: Heads of state; Biography; Foreign relations
Work titles: Architekt der Weltherrschaft
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Hitler's ultimate goals 1920-1933 : only new "Lebensraum" in the East?; title: Introduction; title: Hitler and his critics; title: Current research; title: Mein Kampf as the central source; title: Hitler as builder : construction plans, armaments and a vision of war; title: The beginnings of a power politician : "models" of imperial rule : the Jews and Britain; title: No turning back : the aftermath of September 14, 1930; title: Part II. Hitler as architect; title: Megalomania as policy; title: Hitler's views on architecture, history and art; title: Buildings and their functions; title: Hitler and his plans after 1933; title: Architecture and the Third Reich; title: Summary; title: Part III. Hitler and military issues : from Whale Bay to Lake Erie; title: Hitler's addresses to German officers; title: The navy's battleship building plans and visions of world power; title: The Me 261/264 : Hitler's long range bomber; title: Summary; title: Part IV. Hitler in 1940-1941 : when visions become reality; title: Axiomatic geopolitics : 1950 as the objective; title: The remaining powers after a victory over the USSR; title: Hitler's path to world supremacy : the military solution, the trade war, the "annexation" of the world; title: Ruling the new world; title: The British assessment of Hitler's ultimate goals; title: Final observations on Hitler's global strategy.