{"product_id":"hitlers-shadow-empire-pierpaolo-barbieri-9780674979734","title":"Hitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003ePitting fascists and communists in a showdown for supremacy, the Spanish Civil War has long been seen as a grim dress rehearsal for World War II. Francisco Franco's Nationalists prevailed with German and Italian military assistance--a clear instance, it seemed, of like-minded regimes joining forces in the fight against global Bolshevism. In \u003ci\u003eHitler's Shadow Empire\u003c\/i\u003e Pierpaolo Barbieri revises this standard account of Axis intervention in the Spanish Civil War, arguing that economic ambitions--not ideology--drove Hitler's Iberian intervention. The Nazis hoped to establish an economic empire in Europe, and in Spain they tested the tactics intended for future subject territories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Spanish Civil War is among the 20th-century military conflicts about which the most continues to be published...\u003ci\u003eHitler's Shadow Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is one of few recent studies offering fresh information, specifically describing German trade in the Franco-controlled zone. While it is typically assumed that Nazi Germany, like Stalinist Russia, became involved in the Spanish Civil War for ideological reasons, Pierpaolo Barbieri, an economic analyst, shows that the motives of the two main powers were quite different.\u003cbr\u003e--Stephen Schwartz, \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierpaolo Barbieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674979737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674979734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Pierpaolo Barbieri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981088489727,"sku":"9780674979734","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1986ad0a-e9f5-40fb-8482-06b01965eac5.jpg?v=1683253593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hitlers-shadow-empire-pierpaolo-barbieri-9780674979734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}