The First World War marked the end point of a process of German globalization that began in the 1870s. Learning Empire looks at German worldwide entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.
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Introduction; Part I. Absent-Minded Empire, 1875-1897: 1. Frontier empire: the United States; 2. Island empire: Japan; 3. World economy: China and Venezuela; Part II. Empire Imagined, 1897-1907: 4. World policy; 5. The High Seas Fleet and power politics; 6. National efficiency and the new mercantilism; 7. Formal and informal empire; 8. Empire in crisis; Part III. Empire Lost, 1908-1919: 9. Colonial dreams; 10. World policy contained; 11. From world policy to world war; 12. War aims, peace resolutions, and defeat; Epilogue.