WRIGHT J. R. C. (Jonathan Richard Cassé)  <br/><br/>
Germany and the origins of the Second World War / 
Jonathan Wright. 
 - Basingstoke :  Palgrave Macmillan,   2007. 
 - xii, 223 pages ; 22 cm. 
 - The making of the twentieth century. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Suggests that Hitler's motivation for starting the Second World War was primarily based on his view "of history as a ceaseless struggle between races for domination" (author's introduction). Thus foreign policy was about empire building in the form of expansionism which in turn served as the vehicle for racial integrity and Germany's rightful place as a great power in the center of Europe. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780333495568 (pbk.) :  25.99 GBP 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>WORLD WAR, 1939-1945 --CAUSES<br/>GERMANY --POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --1933-1945<br/>GERMANY --FOREIGN RELATIONS --1933-1945