Export Empire : German Soft Power in Southeastern Europe, 1890–1945 (Hardcover)

Introduction: the foundations of soft power and informal empire; Part I. German Power in the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic: 1. The legacy of Wilhelmine imperialism and the First World War, 1890?1920; 2. The economics of trade: building commercial networks in southeastern Europe, 1925?30; 3. The culture of trade: cultural diplomacy and area studies in southeastern Europe, 1925?30; 4. The politics of trade: Paneuropa, Mitteleuropa, and the Great Depression, 1929?33; Part II. Nazi Imperialism: 5. Stabilising the Reichsmark bloc: commercial networks in the Third Reich, 1933?9; 6. Economic pioneers or missionaries of the Third Reich? Cultural diplomacy in southeastern Europe, 1933?9; 7. Forging a hinterland: German development aid in the Balkans, 1934?40; 8. The Second World War: informal empire transformed, 1939?45; Conclusion: imperialism realised?