A Low, Dishonest Decade

The Great Powers, Eastern Europe and the Economic Origins of World War II, 1930-1941

By: Paul N. Hehn

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Historians have hitherto devoted attention almost exclusively to political and diplomatic issues, more especially to Hitler and the Nazis, as the root causes of the Second World War. Economic affairs and trade and business investments in the prewar period have been little noticed. Arguing that previous historians have confused effect for cause and have considered these political, diplomatic and ideological disputes without reference to the systemic problems that provoked them, Paul Hehn focuses on the fierce rivalries among the Great Powers in the relentless search for markets in during the world depression of the 1930''s, particularly in southeastern Europe where Germany created a semi-colonial , economic and trade hegemony. In all, the book deals with the five Major Powers and all the Eastern European countries from the Baltic to Turkey but focuses primarily on Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia.

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A richly detailed study of the trade conflicts sparked by Eastern Europe, particularly the Balkans, in the decade preceding the Second World War. German Studies Review

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Roots of War: Great Power Rivalries and the Struggle for Hegemony in Eastern Europe and the World, 1930-1939
The Trade Wars of the 1930s: The Struggle for Market Share and Hegemony	p. 9
Italy, the Powers and Eastern Europe, 1918-1939. Mussolini, Prisoner of the Mediterranean	p. 42
France and Poland, 1918-1939. Poland: French or German Satellite?	p. 62
The Search for Raw Materials: Nazi Germany's Imperialist Plans for the Exploitation of Southeastern Europe in the Inter-War Period	p. 99
An Euphoric Dream: Grossraumwirtschaft, Lebensraum and British Indecision before Nazi Germany's Surge for World Power	p. 118
Great Power Trade and Political Tensions over Eastern Europe, 1935-1939
British-German Trade Problems. Britain Threatens a Clearing. Schacht's Last Tape: His Unsuccessful Attempt to Gain Raw Materials	p. 135
Trade Rivalries in the 1930s. The Foreign Office Debate on Whether to Keep Germany Lean or Fat. Britain Abandons the Southeastern Trade	p. 158
Schizoid British Views of Nazi Germany: German Moderates or German Radicals. "Will Nasty Mr. Hyde Eat Poor Dr. Jekyll?"	p. 180
On the Eve. German Raw Material Shortages. "No Butter, No Eggs, but a New Reich Chancellery." British and French Intimations of German Collapse	p. 204
Germany's 1930s Trade Offensive and the Small Countries of Southeastern Europe
Germany as Trading Partner in Southeastern Europe: Exploiter or Godsend?	p. 225
Germany Seeks New Markets and Some Old Ones. The Czech-German Trade Struggle in Southeastern Europe	p. 248
The Second Phase of Nazi Attempts to Dominate Eastern Europe	p. 269
The Great Power Struggle for Hegemony in Southeastern Europe, 1935-1940. Erosion of the Little Entente and Balkan Entente	p. 288
The Struggle for Hegemony in Eastern Europe, 1939-1941. The Shift from Political Conflict to Military Force
German Encirclement Fears. The British Guarantee to Poland, Romania and Greece, March-April 1939. U.S. Trade Relations with Germany and Britain	p. 307
"Keeping the Pot Boiling" in Eastern Europe. Anglo-Romanian Relations and the Leith-Ross Trade Mission to Romania in April 1939. Erosion of the Munich Settlement and German-British Economic Conflict in the Balkans	p. 325
The Period of Retarded German Hegemony in Southeastern Europe, October 1939-October 1940. The Polish Campaign to Italy's Attack on Greece	p. 341
Prince Paul, the Man in the Cage with the Tiger. The March 27, 1941 Belgrade Coup, Prince Paul, the British and the Germans	p. 368
Conclusion	p. 394
A Postscript	p. 405
Notes	p. 407
Bibliography	p. 465
A Glossary of Key Names and Diplomatic Agreements	p. 486
List of Tables	p. 494
Index	p. 497
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A Low, Dishonest Decade

The Great Powers, Eastern Europe and the Economic Origins of World War II, 1930-1941

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