Routledge Dangerous Liaisons: Collaboration and World War Two - History

Dangerous Liaisons examines the complex phenomenon of collaboration during World War Two, exploring how the Nazi regime's influence extended across Europe through political, financial, and social networks. Peter Davies analyses the mindset and political attitudes of Hitler and pro-Nazi leaders throughout Western Europe, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. The book investigates four distinct categories of collaboration: political alliances, financial arrangements, involvement in the Holocaust, and social-level complicity. Davies poses challenging questions about what collaboration reveals regarding Hitler's broader plans for European domination and the psychology of those who enabled Nazi ambitions. Published by Routledge, this historical study provides essential insight into how widespread cooperation facilitated Nazi expansion and the mechanisms through which authoritarian regimes gain support across occupied and allied territories.