Books : Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path Toward America (Texas a & M University Military History Series)
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by: Norman J. W. Goda
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.54013
EAN: 9780890968079
ISBN: 0890968071
Label: Texas A&M University Press
Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 307
Publication Date: 1998-04
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Sales Rank: 429110
Studio: Texas A&M University Press
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Rating:  - Did Nazi Germany have designs on the U.S. long before WWII?
Hitler sometimes seemed very conceited, tempestuous and irrational in his foreign policy decisions. Hubris always seemed to be at the forefront of Nazi strategic moves. Though, records demonstrate that the Nazis did not proceed without a cohesive plan or strategy. "We work in stages..." avowed Hitler, "we will not proceed in anarchy or without a plan." Goda's contention is that the Hitler and Nazi foreign policy formulations even in the 1920s and 1930s, anticipated a "global struggle." Gibraltar ... Read More
Rating: - Hitler's transoceanic strategies a stretch
Tomorrow the World is an odd book. The title and the inside flap explain that Germany had designs on the United States, and intended to conquer said nation, eventually. The proof, supposedly, is in this book. What you get, instead, is an in-depth analysis of German diplomatic and military initiatives in Spain and northwest Africa 1940-2. This is OK, but given that it doesn't live up to what it promises, frankly it's a bit disappointing.
The proof of the author's contention is embedded in ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting, but unfulfilled promises
Norman Goda's book is interesting, however there is except for a chapter or two, very scant information about Hitler's intentions toward the United States. The book loses its focus in Hitler's convoluted aims toward Northwest Africa and just what he planned to do with those bases if he ever got them, is really never discussed. However, a previous reviewer is wrong, Hitler was never a decent military tactician, he was a horrible tactician. If his generals had always listened to what Hitler ordered, Germany ... Read More
Rating:  - Hitler Attacks America!!!
Norman Goda would have us believe that Hitler was on the verge of launching an attack on the America mainland. Certainly, Hitler had grandiose war aims, and certainly conquering America was one of them. But then again, given the chance, Hitler would have turned all non-German lands into some mixture of an Aryan Disneyland and penal colony.
Any decent tactician, which Hitler was, would plan for wartime eventualities, such as a conflict with the US. Goda presents a lot of "what if's" for armchair ... Read More
Rating: - Very good in-depth analysis of German strategy in NW Africa
Notwithstanding discussion about the Germans putting long range bombers on the Azores, I'm not sure whether Goda actually proves that Hitler intended to use North African/Atlantic island bases to attack the US, since the evidence could be read to suggest that they would be primarily to defend territorial gains in Europe and Africa, still it is a very interesting book that I read all the way through. Much of it is diplomatic history illustrating the frustrations of the Germans in attempting to "square the ... Read More
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