{"product_id":"hitlers-fatal-miscalculation-why-germany-declared-war-on-the-united-states-hardback-9781108834919","title":"Hitler's Fatal Miscalculation; Why Germany Declared War on the United States (Hardback) 9781108834919","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHitler's Fatal Miscalculation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy Germany Declared War on the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChallenges long-held assumptions regarding the German declaration of war on the United States in December 1941.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKlaus H. Schmider (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108834919, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e610 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm, 1.1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Schmider should be congratulated on an impressive work that adds much to our discussion of German strategy. It deserves widespread attention.' Strategy Page\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHitler's decision to declare war on the United States has baffled generations of historians. In this revisionist new history of those fateful months, Klaus H. Schmider seeks to uncover the chain of events which would incite the German leader to declare war on the United States in December 1941. He provides new insights not just on the problems afflicting German strategy, foreign policy and war production but, crucially, how they were perceived at the time at the top levels of the Third Reich. Schmider sees the declaration of war on the United States not as an admission of defeat or a gesture of solidarity with Japan, but as an opportunistic gamble by the German leader. This move may have appeared an excellent bet at the time, but would ultimately doom the Third Reich.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations and German Terms\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Hitler's Pre-war Assessment of the United States and Japan\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hitler's Physical Health in Autumn 1941\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'All measures short of war': the German Assessment of American Strategy, 1940\/41\u003cbr\u003e 4. Forging an Unlikely Alliance: Germany and Japan, 1933–1941\u003cbr\u003e 5. Facing the Same Dilemma: The US and German Quest for Rubber\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Crisis of the German War Economy, 1940\/41\u003cbr\u003e 7. The End of Blitzkrieg? Barbarossa and the Impact of Lend-Lease\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Battle of the Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Luftwaffe on the Eve of Global War\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Military history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Military history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Military%20history%20%5BHBW%5D%22\"\u003eHBW\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908891205912,"sku":"9781108834919","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108834919i.jpg?v=1696727239","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hitlers-fatal-miscalculation-why-germany-declared-war-on-the-united-states-hardback-9781108834919","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}