Secret Reports on Nazi Germany : : The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort / / Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, Otto Kirchheimer; Raffaele Laudani.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015
• VerfasserIn: Neumann, Franz,; Kirchheimer, Otto,; Marcuse, Herbert,
• TeilnehmendeR: Geuss, Raymond.; Kirchheimer, Otto,; Laudani, Raffaele,; Marcuse, Herbert,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Geuss, Raymond -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Texts -- On the Authors -- Introduction -- Part I. The Analysis of The Enemy -- 1. Anti-Semitism: Spearhead of Universal Terror / Neumann, Franz -- 2. Possible Political Changes in Nazi Germany in the Near Future / Marcuse, Herbert -- 3. Changes in the Reich Government / Marcuse, Herbert -- 4. Speer's Appointment as Dictator of the German Economy / Neumann, Franz / Sweezy, Paul -- 5. The Significance of Prussian Militarism for Nazi Imperialism: Potential Tensions in United Nations Psychological Warfare / Marcuse, Herbert / Gilbert, Felix -- 6. German Social Stratification / Marcuse, Herbert -- Part II. Patterns of Collapse -- 7. German Morale after Tunisia / Neumann, Franz -- 8. Morale in Germany / Marcuse, Herbert -- 9. Possible Patterns of German Collapse / Neumann, Franz / Marcuse, Herbert / Gilbert, Felix -- 10. The Social and Political Effects of Air Raids on the German People: A Preliminary Survey / Neumann, Franz -- 11. The Attempt on Hitler's Life and Its Consequences / Neumann, Franz -- Part III. Political Opposition -- 12. The Free Germany Manifesto and the German People / Neumann, Franz -- 13. The German Communist Party / Marcuse, Herbert -- 14. The Social Democratic Party of Germany / Marcuse, Herbert -- Part IV. Denazification and Military Government -- 15. The Abrogation of Nazi Laws in the Early Period of MG / Kirchheimer, Otto -- 16. Dissolution of the Nazi Party and Its Affiliated Organizations / Marcuse, Herbert -- 17. German Cartels and Cartel-Like Organizations / Neumann, Franz -- 18. Policy toward Revival of Old Parties and Establishment of New Parties in Germany / Marcuse, Herbert -- 19. General Principles of Administration and Civil Service in Germany / Kirchheimer, Otto -- 20. Administration of German Criminal Justice under Military Government / Kirchheimer, Otto -- 21. The Problem of Inflation in Germany / Neumann, Franz -- Part V. A New Germany in a New Europe -- 22. The Adaptation of Centralized European Controls of Raw Materials, Industry, and Transport / Neumann, Franz / Sweezy, Paul -- 23. The Revival of German Political and Constitutional Life under Military Government / Neumann, Franz -- 24. The Treatment of Germany / Neumann, Franz -- Part VI. Toward Nuremberg -- 25. The "Statement on Atrocities" of The Moscow Tripartite Conference / Kirchheimer, Otto / Herz, John -- 26. Problems Concerning the Treatment of War Criminals / Neumann, Franz -- 27. Leadership Principle and Criminal Responsibility / Kirchheimer, Otto / Herz, John -- 28. Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: The Nazi Master Plan / Marcuse, Herbert -- 29. Nazi Plans for Dominating Germany and Europe: Domestic Crimes / Kirchheimer, Otto -- Part VII. A New Enemy -- 30. Status and Prospects of German Trade-Unions and Works Councils / Marcuse, Herbert -- 31. The Potentials of World Communism / Marcuse, Herbert -- Notes -- Index