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Politics of frustration : the United States in German naval planning, 1889-1941 / Holger H. Herwig.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c1976.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 323 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0316358908 :
  • 9780316358903
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E183.8.G3 H44
Contents:
pt. I. The Weltpolitik of Wilhelm II and the United States (1889-1906). Competition in the Pacific (1889-1899): Samoa I (1889) ; The American "danger" ; Spain's heirs fall out (1898) ; Samoa II (1899) -- Contingency war planning: Berlin (1899-1900): Invasion strategies I (1898-1900) ; Thoughts for a new age (1 January 1900) ; Invasion strategies II (1900-1902) -- The way West (1901-1906): German bases in Latin America? ; The Monroe Doctrine ; Venezuelan blockade (1902-1903) ; Operations plan III (1903-1906) -- Contingency war planning: Washington (1900-1913) -- pt. II. The Great War (1914-1918). Germany and the United States at war (1917-1918): The calculated risk (9 January 1917) ; The war at sea (1917) ; German war aims and the United States ; The war at sea (1918) ; Epilogue -- United States strategy (1917-1918) -- pt. III. The Third Reich and the United States (1933-1941). Background: Hitler, Raeder, and the United States: Hitler's view of the United States ; National Socialist foreign and colonial policies ; Hitler, Raeder, and sea power -- Once more World War (1939-1941): Hitler and Raeder at war (1939-1940) ; Roosevelt acts (1940) ; On the brink (1941) -- Germany and the United States at war (1941-1945) -- pt. IV. Conclusion: patterns of conflict.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E183.8.G3H44 1976 1 Available 33710001137079

Bibliography: p. 291-303.

Includes index.

pt. I. The Weltpolitik of Wilhelm II and the United States (1889-1906). Competition in the Pacific (1889-1899): Samoa I (1889) ; The American "danger" ; Spain's heirs fall out (1898) ; Samoa II (1899) -- Contingency war planning: Berlin (1899-1900): Invasion strategies I (1898-1900) ; Thoughts for a new age (1 January 1900) ; Invasion strategies II (1900-1902) -- The way West (1901-1906): German bases in Latin America? ; The Monroe Doctrine ; Venezuelan blockade (1902-1903) ; Operations plan III (1903-1906) -- Contingency war planning: Washington (1900-1913) -- pt. II. The Great War (1914-1918). Germany and the United States at war (1917-1918): The calculated risk (9 January 1917) ; The war at sea (1917) ; German war aims and the United States ; The war at sea (1918) ; Epilogue -- United States strategy (1917-1918) -- pt. III. The Third Reich and the United States (1933-1941). Background: Hitler, Raeder, and the United States: Hitler's view of the United States ; National Socialist foreign and colonial policies ; Hitler, Raeder, and sea power -- Once more World War (1939-1941): Hitler and Raeder at war (1939-1940) ; Roosevelt acts (1940) ; On the brink (1941) -- Germany and the United States at war (1941-1945) -- pt. IV. Conclusion: patterns of conflict.