The Construction of a National Socialist Europe during the Second World War: How the New Order Took Shape

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Introduction: A new Europe
	The New Order as an idea
	The New Order as a policy
	The New Order as a social construct
	Notes
Part I: Dreaming of a New Order: Imaginations of Europe’s future during the interwar period
	Chapter 1: Germany prescribing cures for moribund Europe (1918–1933)
		German perceptions of Europe
		German imaginations of Europe’s future
		German solutions to European problems
		Notes
	Chapter 2: Germany’s rebirth and ‘adolescence’ in Europe (1933–1939)
		Notes
	Chapter 3: The dream takes shape: German notions of Europe on the eve of the war
		Notes
Part II: Planning a New Order: Imaginations of Europe during wartime
	Chapter 4: A promise of peace and prosperity (1939–1941)
		Borders and people – defining Europe
		Currency and trade – pulling the strings in Europe
		Interlocking108 and takeovers – preparing for the post-war market
		Notes
	Chapter 5: The rise of racism and the growing needs of all-out war (1941–1943)
		Extermination and starvation – creating Lebensraum
		Colonisation and exploitation – ruling the east
		Appeals and warnings – winning the population
		Notes
	Chapter 6: The impending defeat curtailing Nazi dreams (1943–1945)
		War and its necessities – getting priorities straight
		Carrots and sticks – Europeanising the war economy
		Hubris and hindsight – keeping the dream alive
		Notes
Part III: Creating a New Order: From imagination to reality in the crucible of war
	Chapter 7: From unlimited possibilities to the exigencies of war: State actors and the New Order
		Industry, currency, and trade – an economic New Order (1939–1941)
		Volk, race, and Lebensraum – a völkisch New Order (1941–1943)
		War, war, and war – a fighting New Order
		Notes
	Chapter 8: From European expansion to reorientation: Economic actors and the New Order
		‘Buy, when there is blood on the streets’ – European expansion (1939–1941)
		‘The trend is your friend’ – eastwards (1941–1943)
		‘Never catch a falling knife’ – post-war preparations (1943–1945)
		Notes
	Conclusion: ‘Anti-Europe’ revisited
		A social construct – a different understanding of the New Order
		A völkisch and economic dream – the cornerstones of the New Order
		A world set on fire – the forge of the New Order
		A common market – the profiteers of the New Order
		A German Europe – the place of the New Order in German thinking
		Notes
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