Hitlers Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War by Pierpaolo Bar

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Hitlers Shadow Empire by Pierpaolo Barbieri Pitting fascists and communists in a showdown for supremacy, the Spanish Civil War has long been seen as a grim dress rehearsal for World War II. Francisco Francos Nationalists prevailed with German and Italian military assistance-a clear instance, it seemed, of like-minded regimes joining forces in the fight against global Bolshevism. In Hitlers Shadow Empire Pierpaolo Barbieri revises this standard account of Axis intervention in the Spanish Civil War, arguing that economic ambitions-not ideology-drove Hitlers Iberian intervention. The Nazis hoped to establish an economic empire in Europe, and in Spain they tested the tactics intended for future subject territories."The Spanish Civil War is among the 20th-century military conflicts about which the most continues to be published Hitlers Shadow Empire is one of few recent studies offering fresh information, specifically describing German trade in the Franco-controlled zone. While it is typically assumed that Nazi Germany, like Stalinist Russia, became involved in the Spanish Civil War for ideological reasons, Pierpaolo Barbieri, an economic analyst, shows that the motives of the two main powers were quite different.-Stephen Schwartz, Weekly Standard FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Pierpaolo Barbieri is executive director at Greenmantle and special advisor at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and the Berggruen Institute on Governance. Review The Spanish Civil War is among the 20th-century military conflicts about which the most continues to be published…Hitlers Shadow Empire is one of few recent studies offering fresh information, specifically describing German trade in the Franco-controlled zone. While it is typically assumed that Nazi Germany, like Stalinist Russia, became involved in the Spanish Civil War for ideological reasons, Pierpaolo Barbieri, an economic analyst, shows that the motives of the two main powers were quite different. -- Stephen Schwartz * Weekly Standard *Hitlers Shadow Empire recasts our understanding of the German and Italian interventions in the Spanish Civil War. In this brilliant debut, Barbieri shows that informal imperialism played a more important part than fascist ideology in the way that Berlin looked at the conflict. Barbieri also has a keen ear for the continuing echoes of the Civil War for Spain—and indeed for Europe—today. -- Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of MoneyA fascinating, beautifully written account of a plan for the German economic domination of Europe that was pushed in the 1930s by the Nazis but above all by non-Nazi and more traditionally oriented German economic bureaucrats. Barbieri makes us think again about the relationship between economics and racial policies in the making of Nazi aggression. -- Harold James, author of Making the European Monetary UnionThis is a fascinating study of a prewar Europe of might-have-been, when Spain was being absorbed into a German informal empire of economic hegemony, overseen by the brilliant Hjalmar Schacht, a project so successful that two centuries of Anglo–French dominance of the Iberian economy was overturned in less than three years. As Barbieri shows, it was Hitlers foolish plunge into war and formal empire in 1939 which, paradoxically, destroyed burgeoning German economic hegemony in Spain—and Europe. As the world enters a new round of trade and currency wars reminiscent of the 1930s, Hitlers Shadow Empire is a timely reminder of the seductive power of economic nationalism—and of Germanys capacity for both hegemonic influence and suicidal diplomacy. -- Sean McMeekin, author of The Russian Origins of the First World WarNothing reflects the twists and turns of German economic and military policy before 1939 so clearly as German involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Pierpaolo Barbieri has done all historians of this period a major service in providing a clear and convincing account of how informal empire in Spain became a stepping stone to real imperialism in the rest of Europe. -- Richard Overy, author of Why the Allies Won Review Quote This is a fascinating study of a prewar Europe of might-have-been, when Spain was being absorbed into a German informal empire of economic hegemony, overseen by the brilliant Hjalmar Schacht, a project so successful that two centuries of Anglo-French dominance of the Iberian economy was overturned in less than three years. As Barbieri shows, it was Hitlers foolish plunge into war and formal empire in 1939 which, paradoxically, destroyed burgeoning German economic hegemony in Spain-and Europe. As the world enters a new round of trade and currency wars reminiscent of the 1930s, Hitlers Shadow Empire is a timely reminder of the seductive power of economic nationalism-and of Germanys capacity for both hegemonic influence and suicidal diplomacy. Details ISBN0674979737 Publisher Harvard University Press Year 2017 ISBN-10 0674979737 ISBN-13 9780674979734 Format Paperback Author Pierpaolo Barbieri Pages 368 Imprint Harvard University Press Subtitle Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States Illustrations 13 halftones, 1 map, 7 graphs Media Book Short Title Hitlers Shadow Empire Language English DEWEY 946.081343 UK Release Date 2017-11-01 NZ Release Date 2017-11-01 Audience General AU Release Date 2017-11-05 Publication Date 2017-11-06 US Release Date 2017-11-06 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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