Germany and the Origins of the Second World War

Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations x Glossary xi Introduction 1(8) Debates and Themes 9(8) Hitler's World 17(10) From the Margin to the Mainstream 27(9) Dismantling Versailles, 1933-36 36(37) The new course and the professional elites 36(5) Hider's role 41(2) Rearmament and the League of Nations 43(5) The Non-Aggression Pact with Poland 48(3) Failed putsch in Vienna 51(3) Successful brinkmanship 54(19) Conscription 54(8) Ribbentrop and the Anglo-German naval agreement 62(3) Reoccupation of the Rhineland 65(8) Preparing for War: From Rhineland Occupation to Anschluss 73(38) Hitler's intentions 75(4) Intervention in the Spanish Civil War 79(3) The Four Year Plan 82(6) Elite and Public attitudes 88(10) Decision making, November 1937-March 1938 98(13) To War in Europe: From Anschluss to the Invasion of Poland 111(35) The Crisis over Czechoslovakia and opposition to war 112(18) From Munich to the occupation of Prague 130(7) From the occupation of Prague to the invasion of Poland 137(9) To World War: September 1939-December 1941 146(39) Poland: from war to racial empire 149(7) Victory in the west 156(11) The British enigma 167(7) From Barbarossa to world war 174(11) Conclusion 185(3) Notes 188(22) Select Bibliography 210(8) Index 218