Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149)
Introduction : Continuity or change in German foreign policy since Bismarck -- Attitudes on foreign policy within the NSDAP before the 'seizure of power' -- Traditional demands for territorial revision as the prelude to the expansionist strategy of the Third Reich (1933-35) -- In search of an alliance with Britain (1935-37) -- The path to war (1937-39) : A. Hitler's programme of expansion and Chamberlain's concept of appeasement ; B. The Austrian Anschluss and British neutrality ; C. The Munich Agreement and the 'encirclement' of the Soviet Union ; D. The 'advance on Prague' : towards an analysis of German foreign policy ; E. The Polish crisis and the unplanned war -- The idea of a 'partition of the world' (1939-40) -- 'Operation Barbarossa' : the conflict between power politics and ideology (1941-43) -- Germany between the USA and the USSR : the beginnings of the Cold War (1943-45) -- Conclusion : Hitler's place in German history : the relationship between domestic and foreign policy