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The name of the game for 1930s Germany was escalation. Not just in armaments, but in diplomatic moves as well. From small moves to prevent coalitions forming against them, to major plays to bring down the Versailles order, the Nazis only grew bolder as they began to realize the West lacked the wherewithal to stop them. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Tooze, Adam Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy Penguin Books 2006
2. Evans, Richard J. The Third Reich in Power Penguin Press 2005
3. Kershaw, Ian Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris W.W. Norton and Company 1998
4. Kershaw, Ian Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis W.W. Norton and Company 2000
5. Toland, John Adolf Hitler, Volume 1 Doubleday & Company Inc 1976

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