Abstract: | Focus is on structures and the changing balance of power in North Africa, economically and politically. Sections: Introduction: the subject in perspective - Germany and the changing balance of power in the Maghrib (Tunisia as seen through German consular reports 1936/38; observations on the Axis' strategy and politics towards North Africa: the imperial, military and diplomatic dimensions in their Middle Eastern context; the question of German war aims in North Africa) - Hajj Amin al-Huseini's campaign for the independence of North Africa. Its role in inter-Arab dynamics and its fate at the hands of Italy and Germany in 1942/43 - Conclusion. Notes. |