"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 Franco's Nationalists prevailed with German and Italian military assistance--a clear instance, it seemed, of like-minded regimes joining...

Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introductory: The Eurasian Embrace. Laying Siege to Germany with World War I, 1900 - 18 -- The Second Reich: The Tragedy of an Imperial Upstart -- The Heartland, the Crescent and the Nightmare of British Geopolitics -- The Blood of the Romanovs and the Encirclement of...

This book brings together leading experts to assess how and whether the Nazis were successful in fostering collaboration to secure the resources they required during World War II. These studies of the occupation regimes in Norway and Western Europe reveal that the Nazis developed highly...