| Industry and Politics in the Third Reich (Rle Nazi Germany & Holocaust): Ruhr Coal, Hitler and Europe Contributor(s): Gillingham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138796603 ISBN-13: 9781138796607 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $138.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - History | Historiography - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355.26 |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (0.92 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When originally published in 1985 this was the first detailed study of business in Nazi Germany. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from government and private archives, the book throws light on the important role played by Germany heavy industry in preserving traditions valuable for the post-Nazi future. Contrary to widely held beliefs, the industrialists of the Ruhr did not master-mind the economic strategy of the third Reich, nor were they the helpless victims of Hitler's tyranny. In this penetrating study, the author reveals that while the management of the coal industry in the Ruhr certainly cooperated with Hitler, they did so only to the extent that it served their own purposes, which were far less destructive than those of the regime. |