Introduction: the foundations of soft power and informal empire Part I. German Power in the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic: 1. The legacy of Wilhelmine imperialism and the First World War, 1890-1920 2. The economics of trade: building commercial networks in southeastern Europe, 1925-1930 3. The culture of trade: cultural diplomacy and area studies in southeastern Europe, 1925-1930 4. The politics of trade: Paneuropa, Mitteleuropa, and the Great Depression, 1929-1933 Part II. Nazi Imperialism: 5. Stabilising the Reichsmark Bloc: commercial networks in the Third Reich, 1933-1939 6. Economic pioneers or missionaries of the Third Reich? Cultural diplomacy in southeastern Europe, 1933-1939 7. Forging a hinterland: German development aid in the Balkans, 1934-1940 8. The Second World War: informal empire transformed, 1939-1945 Conclusion: imperialism realised?
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