Modest beginnings
Key to the mystery : Dai Nihon
Seminal experience : World War I
Revolution and reaction : Munich, 1918-1923
"The Young Eagles" : Landsberg, 1924
The demon fledges : Geopolitik in the 1920s
The demon soars : Geopolitik in the 1930s
The demon crashes : Geopolitik in World War II
Conclusion: Prophet risen?
Glossary
A note on sources.