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The Demon of Geopolitics: How Karl Haushofer "Educated" Hitler and Hess

Name: The Demon of Geopolitics: How Karl Haushofer "Educated" Hitler and Hess
ISBN: 9781442261136

Holger H. Herwig

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Karl Haushofer, a Bavarian general and professor, is widely recognized as a “founding father of geopolitics.” In 1945 the United States sought to put him on trial at Nuremberg as a major war criminal for being “Hitler’s intellectual godfather” and the true author of Mein Kampf. In this definitive biography, Herwig assesses the fiction and reality behind these claims. Making comprehensive use of Haushofer’s previously unavailable private papers, Herwig analyzes Haushofer’s geopolitical concepts, his relations with his student Rudolf Hess, and his mentorship of Hitler and Hess at Landsberg Prison in 1924. Herwig offers unique insights into Haushofer’s crucial influence in providing the Nazis with his theories of Autarky and Lebensraum, the rationale for Germany’s control of Europe and the world. This book ends with Haushofer’s final verdict on himself: “I want to be forgotten and forgotten.” But the author concludes with the admonition that the “demon” of Geopolitik demands much closer scrutiny in this new age of geopolitics.

Catégories:

Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Année:

2016

Editeur::

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Langue:

english

Pages:

292

ISBN 10:

1442261137