The Triumph of the Dark
European International History 1933-1939
Series: Oxford History of Modern Europe;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 23 May 2013
- ISBN 9780199676095
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages1248 pages
- Size 215x138x65 mm
- Weight 1498 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 17 maps 110
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Short description:
In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years.
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In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years.
Steiner underlines the far-reaching consequences of the Great Depression, which shifted the initiative in international affairs from those who upheld the status quo to those who were intent on destroying it. In Europe, the l930s were Hitler's years. He moved the major chess pieces on the board, forcing the others to respond. From the start, Steiner argues, he intended war, and he repeatedly gambled on Germany's future to acquire the necessary resources to fulfil his continental ambitions. Only war could have stopped him-an unwelcome message for most of Europe. Misperception, miscomprehension, and misjudgment on the part of the other Great Powers leaders opened the way for Hitler's repeated diplomatic successes.
It is ideology that distinguished the Hitler era from previous struggles for the mastery of Europe. Ideological presumptions created false images and raised barriers to understanding that even good intelligence could not penetrate. Only when the leaders of Britain and France realized the scale of Hitler's ambition, and the challenge Germany posed to their Great Power status, did they finally declare war.
Review from previous edition A terrifically good read...a definitive account, the distillation of a lifetime's dedicated scholarship... No short review can do justice to the book's riches.
Table of Contents:
Prologue
Part I: Retreat from Internationalism, 1933-1938
Brown Dawn: The Rise of Hitler and the Death of Disarmament, 1933-1934
Uncertain Embraces: The European Powers and Nazi Germany, 1934-1935
The Assault on Versailles and Locarno: Ethiopia and the occupation of the Rhineland
The Remnants of Internationalism, 1936-1938
The Spanish Cockpit, 1935-1938
Rearmament and Appeasement 1936-1937
Appeasement Advances, 1937-1938
Illusions of Neutrality: Eastern Europe, 1936-1938
Whither the Soviet Union? Moscow and the West, 1936-1938
Thunder from the East: The Sino-Japanese Conflict and the European Powers, 1933-1938
Hitler Moves: Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938
The Munich Settlement
Part II: The Road to Hitler's War, 1938-1939
The Fog of Peace: Strategic Choices after Munich
Black Sun: Aggression and Deterrence
Darkening Skies: Peace Talking and War Planning in Britain and France
Unleashing the Dogs of War
Red Clouds: The Soviet Union and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939
Escape from War or Persecution? The Smaller Powers and the Jews
The Nightmare of the Dark: The Decisions for War
Conclusion
