Book
Know your enemy: the American debate on Nazism, 1933-1945
Publications of the German Historical Institute., Cambridge University Press
2010
Abstract
"This book analyzes the intellectual side of the American war effort against Nazi Germany. It shows how conflicting interpretations of "the German problem" shaped American warfare and postwar planning. The story of how Americans understood National Socialism in the 1930s and 1940s provides a counter-example to the usual tale of enemy images. The level of German popular support for the Nazi regime, the nature of Nazi war aims, and the postwar prospects of German democratization stood at the center of public and governmental debates. American public perceptions of the Third Reich - based in part on ethnic identification with the Germans - were often forgiving but also ill-informed."--Provided by publisher.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Know your enemy: the American debate on Nazism, 1933-1945
- Creators
- Michaela Hoenicke-Moore - University of Iowa, History
- Resource Type
- Book
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; New York; Cambridge
- Series
- Publications of the German Historical Institute.
- ISBN
- 9780521829694; 0521829690
- Number of pages
- xviii, 390 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2010
- Academic Unit
- History; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9983949682802771
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