Alex J. Kay graduated from the Universities of Huddersfield and Sheffield in the UK and obtained his doctorate in Modern and Contemporary History in 2005 from BerlinA's Humboldt University. Dr KayA's articles have been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Contemporary History, Transit Europaische Revue, the Zeitschrift fur Weltgeschichte and War in History. He received the Journal of Contemporary HistoryA's George L. Mosse Prize for 2006. Currently, he is preparing as contributing co-editor a collection of essays addressing the radicalization of German policy in the occupied Soviet territories during 1941.

"[...] reflects impeccable, painstaking research through an impressive array of sources." * Central European History "...provides the first substantial comparative analysis of the undertakings of political and economic planners, highlighting the conformity and conflicts between them." * H-Genocide "Kay illuminates these issues through clear, insightful analysis, and through a crisp writing style, at times emotive and darkly (yet never inappropriately) humorous. [...] The book is a valuable addition to the literature, pointing the way to further research into such issues as the degree of knowledge which the German civil service as a whole possessed of the plans, and the degree of opposition - or lack thereof - with which they greeted the plans. As an all-too-rare English-language addition to the literature on this particular aspect of Germany's war in the east, it deserves attention from specialists and students alike." * War in History "Based on meticulous research...this book is an excellent and well-written addition to the historiography about Nazi planning for mass murder." * European History Quarterly "Kay's painstaking exploration of the planning behind the subsequent 'organized chaos' goes far to enhance our understanding of Nazi intentions vis-a-vis the population of the occupied Soviet Union." Holocaust and Genocide Studies "This is an original, richly detailed, and on the whole readable work. There is more in it than a short review can cover. Although relatively specialised, it has a clear importance. The true originality of Kay's work lies in reinterpretation as well as in archival evidence, but readers must work this out for themselves." American Historical Review "...[a] thoroughly researched work ...The foundations of the German Vernichtungskrieg are clearly shown in this book, which corrects and clarifies its chronological development by assembling little known facts into a sound study of Nazi planning...For a long time to come, historians will have no need to focus special interest on these aspects of Nazi history, as they now can be perused in this book." H-German "Kay solidly identifies the significant parameters of the starvation policy...[ He] traces this exploitation, population and starvation policy of mass murder more closely and analyses the actions of those protagonists planning the policy more intensively than analyses hitherto available. It is written in a composed, factual style without unnecessary redundancy and in a very readable way." Archiv fur Sozialgeschichte

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Organized Chaos: the German Occupation, 1941-1944 The State of Existing Scholarship Aims of the Study The Importance of Economic Considerations Structure and Additional Parameters of the Study Source Material Chapter 2. The Central Planning Organizations The Vierjahresplanbehorde: Goring's Umbrella Organization The Dienststelle Rosenberg: the Eastern Experts of the NSDAP Chapter 3. The Decision to Invade the Soviet Union: the Primacy of Economics by the End of 1940 Overview: a Combination of Long- and Short-term Factors July 1940: Military Proposals against Britain's Last Remaining Potential Ally on the Continent July-August: Long-term Strategic and Economic Gain for Germany in the East September-October: Alternatives and Objections to an Eastern Campaign November: Before and After Molotov's Visit to Berlin November-December: the Increasing Relevance of Food Supplies and the Public Mood in Germany in View of the Need to Fight a Longer War Chapter 4. Laying the Foundations for the Hungerpolitik Backe's Presentations to the Supreme Leadership Working around Potential Difficulties Soviet Awareness of German Intentions Thomas's Study of Mid-February 1941 Setting Up an Economic Organization Chapter 5. Planning a Civil Administration Envisaging a Civil Administration Selecting an Administrative Chief Rosenberg as Administrative Chief: 'no better man' for the Job Personnel and Tasks Chapter 6. Population Policy Germanic Resettlement The Fate of the Soviet Jews: Pre-invasion Order for Genocide? A Territorial Solution to the 'Jewish Question' Chapter 7. Radicalizing Plans to Exploit Soviet Resources Calculated Economic Considerations and Nazi Ideology 2 May 1941: the Meeting of the Staatssekretare Wide-ranging Agreement The Hungerpolitik in Writing Soviet Labour: Deployment in the Reich? The Special Status of the Ukraine Chapter 8. Expectations and Official Policy on the Eve of the Invasion Counting on a Swift Victory Economic and Agricultural Guidelines The Standpoint of the Political Planners Chapter 9. Post-invasion Decisions 16 July 1941: the Conference at FHQ Ordering the Destruction of Leningrad and Moscow The Concept of a Territorial Ministry in the East Chapter 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

Alex J. Kay graduated from the Universities of Huddersfield and Sheffield in the UK and obtained his doctorate in Modern and Contemporary History in 2005 from BerlinA's Humboldt University. Dr KayA's articles have been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Contemporary History, Transit Europaische Revue, the Zeitschrift fur Weltgeschichte and War in History. He received the Journal of Contemporary HistoryA's George L. Mosse Prize for 2006. Currently, he is preparing as contributing co-editor a collection of essays addressing the radicalization of German policy in the occupied Soviet territories during 1941.

"[...] reflects impeccable, painstaking research through an impressive array of sources." * Central European History "...provides the first substantial comparative analysis of the undertakings of political and economic planners, highlighting the conformity and conflicts between them." * H-Genocide "Kay illuminates these issues through clear, insightful analysis, and through a crisp writing style, at times emotive and darkly (yet never inappropriately) humorous. [...] The book is a valuable addition to the literature, pointing the way to further research into such issues as the degree of knowledge which the German civil service as a whole possessed of the plans, and the degree of opposition - or lack thereof - with which they greeted the plans. As an all-too-rare English-language addition to the literature on this particular aspect of Germany's war in the east, it deserves attention from specialists and students alike." * War in History "Based on meticulous research...this book is an excellent and well-written addition to the historiography about Nazi planning for mass murder." * European History Quarterly "Kay's painstaking exploration of the planning behind the subsequent 'organized chaos' goes far to enhance our understanding of Nazi intentions vis-a-vis the population of the occupied Soviet Union." Holocaust and Genocide Studies "This is an original, richly detailed, and on the whole readable work. There is more in it than a short review can cover. Although relatively specialised, it has a clear importance. The true originality of Kay's work lies in reinterpretation as well as in archival evidence, but readers must work this out for themselves." American Historical Review "...[a] thoroughly researched work ...The foundations of the German Vernichtungskrieg are clearly shown in this book, which corrects and clarifies its chronological development by assembling little known facts into a sound study of Nazi planning...For a long time to come, historians will have no need to focus special interest on these aspects of Nazi history, as they now can be perused in this book." H-German "Kay solidly identifies the significant parameters of the starvation policy...[ He] traces this exploitation, population and starvation policy of mass murder more closely and analyses the actions of those protagonists planning the policy more intensively than analyses hitherto available. It is written in a composed, factual style without unnecessary redundancy and in a very readable way." Archiv fur Sozialgeschichte

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Organized Chaos: the German Occupation, 1941-1944 The State of Existing Scholarship Aims of the Study The Importance of Economic Considerations Structure and Additional Parameters of the Study Source Material Chapter 2. The Central Planning Organizations The Vierjahresplanbehorde: Goring's Umbrella Organization The Dienststelle Rosenberg: the Eastern Experts of the NSDAP Chapter 3. The Decision to Invade the Soviet Union: the Primacy of Economics by the End of 1940 Overview: a Combination of Long- and Short-term Factors July 1940: Military Proposals against Britain's Last Remaining Potential Ally on the Continent July-August: Long-term Strategic and Economic Gain for Germany in the East September-October: Alternatives and Objections to an Eastern Campaign November: Before and After Molotov's Visit to Berlin November-December: the Increasing Relevance of Food Supplies and the Public Mood in Germany in View of the Need to Fight a Longer War Chapter 4. Laying the Foundations for the Hungerpolitik Backe's Presentations to the Supreme Leadership Working around Potential Difficulties Soviet Awareness of German Intentions Thomas's Study of Mid-February 1941 Setting Up an Economic Organization Chapter 5. Planning a Civil Administration Envisaging a Civil Administration Selecting an Administrative Chief Rosenberg as Administrative Chief: 'no better man' for the Job Personnel and Tasks Chapter 6. Population Policy Germanic Resettlement The Fate of the Soviet Jews: Pre-invasion Order for Genocide? A Territorial Solution to the 'Jewish Question' Chapter 7. Radicalizing Plans to Exploit Soviet Resources Calculated Economic Considerations and Nazi Ideology 2 May 1941: the Meeting of the Staatssekretare Wide-ranging Agreement The Hungerpolitik in Writing Soviet Labour: Deployment in the Reich? The Special Status of the Ukraine Chapter 8. Expectations and Official Policy on the Eve of the Invasion Counting on a Swift Victory Economic and Agricultural Guidelines The Standpoint of the Political Planners Chapter 9. Post-invasion Decisions 16 July 1941: the Conference at FHQ Ordering the Destruction of Leningrad and Moscow The Concept of a Territorial Ministry in the East Chapter 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index

Alex J. Kay graduated from the Universities of Huddersfield and Sheffield in the UK and obtained his doctorate in Modern and Contemporary History in 2005 from BerlinA's Humboldt University. Dr KayA's articles have been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Contemporary History, Transit Europaische Revue, the Zeitschrift fur Weltgeschichte and War in History. He received the Journal of Contemporary HistoryA's George L. Mosse Prize for 2006. Currently, he is preparing as contributing co-editor a collection of essays addressing the radicalization of German policy in the occupied Soviet territories during 1941.

"[...] reflects impeccable, painstaking research through an impressive array of sources." * Central European History "...provides the first substantial comparative analysis of the undertakings of political and economic planners, highlighting the conformity and conflicts between them." * H-Genocide "Kay illuminates these issues through clear, insightful analysis, and through a crisp writing style, at times emotive and darkly (yet never inappropriately) humorous. [...] The book is a valuable addition to the literature, pointing the way to further research into such issues as the degree of knowledge which the German civil service as a whole possessed of the plans, and the degree of opposition - or lack thereof - with which they greeted the plans. As an all-too-rare English-language addition to the literature on this particular aspect of Germany's war in the east, it deserves attention from specialists and students alike." * War in History "Based on meticulous research...this book is an excellent and well-written addition to the historiography about Nazi planning for mass murder." * European History Quarterly "Kay's painstaking exploration of the planning behind the subsequent 'organized chaos' goes far to enhance our understanding of Nazi intentions vis-a-vis the population of the occupied Soviet Union." Holocaust and Genocide Studies "This is an original, richly detailed, and on the whole readable work. There is more in it than a short review can cover. Although relatively specialised, it has a clear importance. The true originality of Kay's work lies in reinterpretation as well as in archival evidence, but readers must work this out for themselves." American Historical Review "...[a] thoroughly researched work ...The foundations of the German Vernichtungskrieg are clearly shown in this book, which corrects and clarifies its chronological development by assembling little known facts into a sound study of Nazi planning...For a long time to come, historians will have no need to focus special interest on these aspects of Nazi history, as they now can be perused in this book." H-German "Kay solidly identifies the significant parameters of the starvation policy...[ He] traces this exploitation, population and starvation policy of mass murder more closely and analyses the actions of those protagonists planning the policy more intensively than analyses hitherto available. It is written in a composed, factual style without unnecessary redundancy and in a very readable way." Archiv fur Sozialgeschichte

• Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Organized Chaos: the German Occupation, 1941-1944 The State of Existing Scholarship Aims of the Study The Importance of Economic Considerations Structure and Additional Parameters of the Study Source Material Chapter 2. The Central Planning Organizations The Vierjahresplanbehorde: Goring's Umbrella Organization The Dienststelle Rosenberg: the Eastern Experts of the NSDAP Chapter 3. The Decision to Invade the Soviet Union: the Primacy of Economics by the End of 1940 Overview: a Combination of Long- and Short-term Factors July 1940: Military Proposals against Britain's Last Remaining Potential Ally on the Continent July-August: Long-term Strategic and Economic Gain for Germany in the East September-October: Alternatives and Objections to an Eastern Campaign November: Before and After Molotov's Visit to Berlin November-December: the Increasing Relevance of Food Supplies and the Public Mood in Germany in View of the Need to Fight a Longer War Chapter 4. Laying the Foundations for the Hungerpolitik Backe's Presentations to the Supreme Leadership Working around Potential Difficulties Soviet Awareness of German Intentions Thomas's Study of Mid-February 1941 Setting Up an Economic Organization Chapter 5. Planning a Civil Administration Envisaging a Civil Administration Selecting an Administrative Chief Rosenberg as Administrative Chief: 'no better man' for the Job Personnel and Tasks Chapter 6. Population Policy Germanic Resettlement The Fate of the Soviet Jews: Pre-invasion Order for Genocide? A Territorial Solution to the 'Jewish Question' Chapter 7. Radicalizing Plans to Exploit Soviet Resources Calculated Economic Considerations and Nazi Ideology 2 May 1941: the Meeting of the Staatssekretare Wide-ranging Agreement The Hungerpolitik in Writing Soviet Labour: Deployment in the Reich? The Special Status of the Ukraine Chapter 8. Expectations and Official Policy on the Eve of the Invasion Counting on a Swift Victory Economic and Agricultural Guidelines The Standpoint of the Political Planners Chapter 9. Post-invasion Decisions 16 July 1941: the Conference at FHQ Ordering the Destruction of Leningrad and Moscow The Concept of a Territorial Ministry in the East Chapter 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index