General Karl Haushofer (August 27, 1869-March 13, 1946) popularised geopolitics, notably in the Nazi regime. Some researchers think that by the contact of his student Rudolf Heß, Haushofer had considerable influence on the development of Hitler's ideas of expansion. Haushofer denied strong influence on the Nazi regime and committed suicide in 1946 in the traditional Japanese manner. Prior to and during WWII he had extensive interaction with the Japanese and influenced their biological warfare development. His son, Albrecht (1903-1945), was killed by the Nazis because of opposition to the government.

Works

• English Translation and Analysis of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer's Geopolitics of the Pacific Ocean: Studies on the Relationship between Geography and History ISBN 0773471227

References

• World of General Haushofer: Geopolitics in Action by Andreas Dorpalen, 1942, ISBN 0804601127
• Heske, Henning: Karl Haushofer: his role in German politics and in Nazi politics. In: Political Geography 6 (1987), p. 135-144.
• Who's Who in Nazi Germany, by Wiederfield and Nicolsa, Haushofer entry
• Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the postwar fascist international by Kevin Coogan, Autonomedia, Brooklyn, NY 1998 ISBN 1570270392
• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees, 1991, ISBN 0130893013

External links

• allrefer.com encyclopedia entry
• Encyclopædia Britannica entry
• Karl Haushofer: The Father of Geopolitik by Radbod
• The Third Reich and Japan from The National Socialist Japanese Workers Party page
• Discussion of Haushofer's Tibetan connections
• Karl Haushofer, Geo-Politics, Hans Hoerbiger, and the Occult Third Reich off the Gnostic Liberation Front page.
• GEOPOLITICS, THE UNITED STATES, THE EURASIAN TRANSCONTINENTAL BLOC, AND CHINA by Bertil Haggman
• The Haushofer Connection chapter two of The Swastika and the Nazis by Servando González
• Humanitas International Haushofer entry