Secret reports on Nazi Germany : the Frankfurt School contribution to the war effort
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Secret reports on Nazi Germany : the Frankfurt School contribution to the war effort
Princeton University Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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During the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt School--Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer--worked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of the CIA. This book brings together their most important intelligence reports on Nazi Germany, most of them published here for the first time. These reports provide a fresh perspective on Hitler's regime and the Second World War, and a fascinating window on Frankfurt School critical theory. They develop a detailed analysis of Nazism as a social and economic system and the role of anti-Semitism in Nazism, as well as a coherent plan for the reconstruction of postwar Germany as a democratic political system with a socialist economy. These reports played a significant role in the development of postwar Allied policy, including denazification and the preparation of the Nuremberg Trials. They also reveal how wartime intelligence analysis shaped the intellectual agendas of these three important German-Jewish scholars who fled Nazi persecution prior to the war.
Secret Reports on Nazi Germany features a foreword by Raymond Geuss as well as a comprehensive general introduction by Raffaele Laudani that puts these writings in historical and intellectual context.
Table of Contents
Foreword, by Raymond Geuss ix Acknowledgments xv Notes on the Texts xvii On the Authors xxi Introduction 1 Part I THE ANALYSIS OF THE ENEMY 1Franz Neumann - Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Terror 27 2Herbert Marcuse - Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future 31 3Herbert Marcuse - Changes in the Reich Government 38 4Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - Speer's Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy 48 5Herbert Marcuse and Felix Gilbert - The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare 61 6Herbert Marcuse - German Social Stratification 74 Part II PATTERNS OF COLLAPSE 7Franz Neumann - German Morale after Tunisia 95 8Herbert Marcuse (assisted by Franz Neumann and Hans Meyerhoff) - Morale in Germany 100 9Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Felix Gilbert - Possible Patterns of German Collapse 106 10Franz Neumann - The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey 118 11Franz Neumann - The Attempt on Hitler's Life and Its Consequences 133 Part III POLITICAL OPPOSITION 12Franz Neumann - The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People 149 13Herbert Marcuse - The German Communist Party 167 14Herbert Marcuse - The Social Democratic Party of Germany 199 Part IV DENAZIFICATION AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT 15Otto Kirchheimer - The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of MG 229 16Herbert Marcuse - Dissolution of the Nazi Party and Its Affiliated Organizations 253 17Franz Neumann - German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations 264 18Herbert Marcuse - Policy toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment of New Parties in Germany 285 19Otto Kirchheimer - General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany 301 20Otto Kirchheimer - Administration of German Criminal Justice under Military Government 318 21Franz Neumann - The Problem of Inflation in Germany 345 Part V A NEW GERMANY IN A NEW EUROPE 22Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, and Transport 397 23Franz Neumann - The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life under Military Government 412 24Franz Neumann - The Treatment of Germany 436 Part VI TOWARD NUREMBERG 25Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - The "Statement on Atrocities" of the Moscow Tripartite Conference 451 26Franz Neumann - Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals 457 27Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility 464 28Herbert Marcuse - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan 475 29Otto Kirchheimer - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes 522 Part VII A NEW ENEMY 30Herbert Marcuse - Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils 557 31Herbert Marcuse - The Potentials of World Communism 591 Notes 611 Index 659
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