Routledge Construction of National Socialist Europe in WWII - History

This scholarly examination explores how Nazi Germany conceptualised and shaped a new European order during the Second World War. Rather than treating the 'New Order' as mere propaganda, the book demonstrates how National Socialist visions of Europe drew from established German intellectual traditions in European studies, volkisch thought, and economic planning. The author reconstructs the meanings Europe held within Nazi ideology, traces how these conceptions evolved throughout the war, and reveals how such imaginations became embedded in actual political and economic decision-making processes. This work contributes to Routledge Studies in Second World War History by offering nuanced analysis of how totalitarian regimes justified territorial ambitions and institutional changes through appeals to cultural and economic reorganisation.