Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index.
The origins of the German imperialist ideologies -- Wilhelmian politics: the role of ideology in a fragmented society -- Weltpolitik -- Lebenstraum -- Imperialist ideologies in conflict, 1890-1914 -- Legitimation and integration in Wilhelmian imperialism, 1890-1914 -- The first world war -- Imperialist ideology in the Weimar republic -- Nazi imperialism.
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The author argues that the imperialist ideology and policies adopted by the Nazis must be seen as the result of a complex evolution of imperialist thinking in Germany which had its roots in the nineteenth century.