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Know your enemy : the American debate on Nazism, 1933-1945

Hönicke Moore, Michaela

2010

Overview

\"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. This conflicted with the Roosevelt administration's need to create a compelling enemy image. The tension between popular and expert views generated complex and fruitful discussions among America's political and cultural elites and produced insightful, yet contradictory interpretations of Nazism\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 Public opinion. / National socialism Public opinion. / Public opinion United States History 20th century. / United States Relations Germany. / Germany Relations United States. / Germany Foreign public opinion, American History 20th century. / United States Foreign relations 1933-1945. / United States Intellectual life 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780521829694, 0521829690

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E183.8.G3 H66 2010	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE