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The Morgenthau Plan : Soviet influence on American postwar policy / John Dietrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dietrich, John, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.
- Reconstruction (1939-1951).
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--Germany.
- United States.
- Germany--Foreign relations--United States.
- Germany.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- Germany--Economic conditions--1945-1990.
- Germany--Social conditions--20th century.
- Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
- Morgenthau, Henry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Morgenthau Plan, the Allies'' post-war policy that preceded the Marshall Plan, devastated what remained of Germany after the war was officially over. Was this ""economic idiocy"" - or intentional destruction of a surrendered country? The current work documents how the Morgenthau Plan was designed to completely destroy the German economy, enslave millions of her citizens, and exterminate as many as 20 million people. John Dietrich demonstrates this through countless documented quotes from official sources. What had changed by 1947, and why was the Morgenthau Plan finally rejected, swept und
- Contents:
- Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Harry Dexter White; 3. The Origins of the Morgenthau Plan; 4. Planning for the Second Quebec Conference (Octagon); 5. The Second Quebec Conference (Octagon); 6. The Immediate Consequence of the Quebec Conference; 7. German Reaction to the Morgenthau Plan; 8. Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive 1067; 9. The Economic Consequence of the Morgenthau Plan; 10. Food Rationing; 11. Enforced/Slave Labor; 12. The Ethnic "Cleansing" of Eastern Europe; 13. Conclusion; Epilogue; Selected Bibliography; Internet Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-62894-020-4
- OCLC:
- 857365285
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