Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort
704Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort
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Overview
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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780691134130 |
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Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Publication date: | 07/14/2013 |
Pages: | 704 |
Product dimensions: | 6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.80(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword, by Raymond Geuss ixAcknowledgments xvNotes on the Texts xviiOn the Authors xxiIntroduction 1
Part I THE ANALYSIS OF THE ENEMY1Franz Neumann - Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Terror 272Herbert Marcuse - Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future 313Herbert Marcuse - Changes in the Reich Government 384Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - Speer's Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy 485Herbert Marcuse and Felix Gilbert - The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare 616Herbert Marcuse - German Social Stratification 74Part II PATTERNS OF COLLAPSE7Franz Neumann - German Morale after Tunisia 958Herbert Marcuse (assisted by Franz Neumann and Hans Meyerhoff) - Morale in Germany 1009Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Felix Gilbert - Possible Patterns of German Collapse 10610Franz Neumann - The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey 11811Franz Neumann - The Attempt on Hitler's Life and Its Consequences 133Part III POLITICAL OPPOSITION12Franz Neumann - The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People 14913Herbert Marcuse - The German Communist Party 16714Herbert Marcuse - The Social Democratic Party of Germany 199Part IV DENAZIFICATION AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT15Otto Kirchheimer - The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of MG 22916Herbert Marcuse - Dissolution of the Nazi Party and Its Affiliated Organizations 25317Franz Neumann - German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations 26418Herbert Marcuse - Policy toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment of New Parties in Germany 28519Otto Kirchheimer - General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany 30120Otto Kirchheimer - Administration of German Criminal Justice under Military Government 31821Franz Neumann - The Problem of Inflation in Germany 345Part V A NEW GERMANY IN A NEW EUROPE22Franz Neumann and Paul Sweezy - The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, and Transport 39723Franz Neumann - The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life under Military Government 41224Franz Neumann - The Treatment of Germany 436Part VI TOWARD NUREMBERG25Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - The "Statement on Atrocities" of the Moscow Tripartite Conference 45126Franz Neumann - Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals 45727Otto Kirchheimer and John Herz - Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility 46428Herbert Marcuse - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan 47529Otto Kirchheimer - Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes 522Part VII A NEW ENEMY30Herbert Marcuse - Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils 55731Herbert Marcuse - The Potentials of World Communism 591
Notes 611Index 659
What People are Saying About This
"This collection brings alive with exceptional force the real politics behind critical theory. It highlights the range and sophistication of a vast array of intelligence reports about the structures of power and domination under National Socialist rule, compiled through the teamwork of Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer. Their cool objectivity is remarkable, and reminds us just how indebted we remain to their pioneering work."—Duncan Kelly, University of Cambridge"An intellectual dispossessed is an intellectual driven to understand the techniques of his dispossession. This indispensable volume assembles key texts by three German-Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who contributed to America's wartime effort and the planning for postwar reconstruction. A fascinating archive for historians and political theorists alike, it reminds us that the Institute for Social Research carried to our shores not only philosophers but also worldly critics of modern dictatorship. Their insights have lost none of their relevance or power."—Peter E. Gordon, Harvard University"Secret Reports on Nazi Germany offers unique and privileged insight into three of twentieth-century Germany's most outstanding political minds: Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer. It is fascinating to follow their thought processes and ruminations as they sift through intelligence reports and newspaper articles in order to assess the German political situation during the eventful final two years of the National Socialist dictatorship."—Richard Wolin, author of Heidegger's Children: Hannah Arendt, Karl Löwith, Hans Jonas, and Herbert Marcuse"This illuminating collection brings together for the first time key texts by Neumann, Marcuse, and Kirchheimer, and offers important insights into Nazi Germany. Laudani has provided an excellent scholarly service."—Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles, author of Media Spectacle and Insurrection, 2011: From the Arab Uprisings to Occupy Everywhere