Kjellén's geopolitical interpretation of the concept was adopted, expanded, and adapted to the politics of Germany by publicists of imperialism such as the militarist General Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849–1930) and the political geographer and proponent of geopolitics Karl Haushofer (1869–1946). In (1911; Germany and the Next War), General von Bernhardi developed Friedrich Ratzel's concept as a racial struggle for living space, explicitly identified Eastern Europe as the source of a new, national habitat for the German people, and said that the next war would be expressly for acquiring —all in fulfillment of the "biological necessity" to protect German racial supremacy. Vanquishing the Slavic and the Latin races was deemed necessary because "without war, inferior or decaying races would easily choke the growth of healthy, budding elements" of the German race—thus, the war for was a necessary means of defending Germany against cultural stagnation and the racial degeneracy of miscegenation.Evans, Richard J. The Coming of the Third Reich (2004) p. 35. .
Kjellén's geopolitical interpretation of the concept was adopted expanded and adapted to the politics of Germany by publicists of imperialism such as the militarist General Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849–1930) and the political geographer and proponent of geopolitics Karl Haushofer (1869–1946) In (1911; Germany and the Next War) General von Bernhardi developed Friedrich Ratzel's concept as a racial struggle for living space explicitly identified Eastern Europe as the source of a new national habitat for the German people and said that the next war would be expressly for acquiring —all in fulfillment of the "biological necessity" to protect German racial supremacy Vanquishing the Slavic and the Latin races was deemed necessary because "without war inferior or decaying races would easily choke the growth of healthy budding elements" of the German race—thus the war for was a necessary means of defending Germany against cultural stagnation and the racial degeneracy of miscegenationEvans Richard J The Coming of the Third Reich (2004) p 35 