The Heroic Earth Geopolitical Thought in Weimar by The Kent State HARDBACK

The Heroic EarthGeopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-33\nAuthor(s): The Kent State University Press\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780873385640, 978-0873385640\nSynopsis\nIn \""\""The Heroic Earth\""\"" David T. Murphy argues that geopolitical ideas were most dynamic and significant in Germany not during the Nazi era [tel] but in the democratic culture of the Weimar Republic [tel]. By helping to condition the German population to geopolitical ideas, which emphasized revision of the Versailles settlement and enlarging Germany's living space, geopolitics helped contribute to Nazi imperialism. From the defeat of Germany in 1918 until the rise of National Socialism in 1933, theories of geopolitical determinism enjoyed a broad currency in many fields of German public life. The ancient notion that environmental factors - climate, topography, resource distribution - shape society in significant w.