: Assessing the cost of these maneuvers—namely the destruction of continental Europe and the eventual shift of global hegemony to the United States. Recommended Resources
: Contrast the conventional narrative of Nazism as a "political accident" with Preparata’s thesis of deliberate Anglo-American geopolitical engineering. Conjuring Hitler: How Britain And America Made ...
: Investigate the role of central bankers like Montagu Norman (Bank of England) and Hjalmar Schacht (Reichsbank) in using hyperinflation and subsequent bailouts, such as the Dawes Plan , to steer German politics toward a reactionary movement. : Assessing the cost of these maneuvers—namely the
: Detailing the flow of American capital and British oversight that rebuilt Germany’s industrial war machine while the Nazis rose to power. : Detailing the flow of American capital and
: Analyzing how the post-war settlement and early hyperinflation were used to radicalize the German right-wing.
: Analyze how Halford Mackinder’s 1904 "Heartland Theory"—the idea that controlling the Eurasian landmass leads to global dominance—influenced British efforts to prevent a German-Russian alliance.