Germany, Hitler, and World War II : essays in modern German and world history Gerhard L. Weinberg.

Slightly rev. collection of conference lectures, periodical articles, etc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The defeat of Germany in 1918 and the European balance of power -- 2. National Socialist organization and foreign policy aims in 1927 -- 3. The world through Hitler's eyes -- 4. The Nazi revolution: A war against human rights -- 5. Propaganda for peace and preparation for war -- 6. Hitler and England, 1933-1945: Pretense and reality -- 7. German foreign policy and Austria -- 8. Germany, Munich, and appeasement -- 9. A proposed compromise over Danzig in 1939? -- 10. The German generals and the outbreak of war, 1938-1939 -- 11. Hitler's decision for war -- 12. German diplomacy toward the Soviet Union -- 13. The Nazi-Soviet pacts of 1939: A half century later -- 14. From confrontation to cooperation: Germany and the United States, 1917-1949 -- 15. Pearl Harbor: The German perspective -- 16. Global conflict: The interaction between the European and Pacific theaters of war in World War II -- 17. The "Final Solution" and the war in 1943 -- 18. July 20, 1944: The German resistance to Hitler.

19. D-Day after fifty years: Assessments of costs and benefits -- 20. German plans for victory, 1944-1945 -- 21. Reflections on running a war: Hitler, Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Tojo -- 22. Some thoughts on World War II -- 23. A new Germany in a new world -- Appendix: The end of Ranke's history? Reflections on the fate of history in the twentieth century.