Title: The heroic earth
First published: 1997
Description: In The Heroic Earth, David T. Murphy argues that geopolitical ideas were most dynamic and significant in Germany not during the Nazi era (1933-45) but in the democratic culture of the Weimar Republic (1919-33). By helping to condition the German population to geopolitical ideas, which emphasized revision of the Versailles settlement and enlarging Germany's living space, geopolitics helped contribute to Nazi imperialism.

Theories of geographical determinism shaped German thinking about politics, race, science, education, aesthetics, and many other subjects on the eve of the Nazi era. Challenging traditional historiography, Murphy argues that geopolitics faded in importance after Adolf Hitler came to power.
Subjects: Politics and government, Geopolitics, Historical geography, History, Géopolitique, Histoire, Politique et gouvernement, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Essays, Government, General, National, Reference
Places: Germany
People: Karl Haushofer (1869-1946)
Time periods: 20th century, 1918-1933