The Ideological Origins of Nazi ImperialismThis study traces the evolution of imperialist ideology in Germany from Bismarck in the mid 19th century through Hitler and the Third Reich. Although much has been written about the virulently racist and anti communist ideologies of the Nazi party, this is the first book to treat Nazi imperialism as a separate ideology and set it within a sturdy theoretical framework. Smith contends that Nazi imperialism represented the last, ambitious attempt to