Gimbel, John
Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1990
Hardcover in good condition with torn and worn dust jacket and light foxing to page ends
A major contribution to our understanding of what the United States did in occupied Germany after World War II, questioning some of the myths concerning the politics and economics of Allied occupation policy. The work raises the question of “a much more comprehensive and systematic ‘intellectual reparations’ program to exploit German scientific and technical know-how not only for military purposes, but also for the benefit of American science and industry” (p. vii). That these “hidden” or “creeping” reparations should be taken seriously is indicated by the subtitle of Gimbel’s careful study. To him “the program was certainly remarkable for its scope, for its systemic application, and for its failure to distinguish between war booty, reparations,and loot” (p. 169).
ISBN 10: 0804717613
Gimbel, John
Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1990
Hardcover in good condition with torn and worn dust jacket and light foxing to page ends
A major contribution to our understanding of what the United States did in occupied Germany after World War II, questioning some of the myths concerning the politics and economics of Allied occupation policy. The work raises the question of “a much more comprehensive and systematic ‘intellectual reparations’ program to exploit German scientific and technical know-how not only for military purposes, but also for the benefit of American science and industry” (p. vii). That these “hidden” or “creeping” reparations should be taken seriously is indicated by the subtitle of Gimbel’s careful study. To him “the program was certainly remarkable for its scope, for its systemic application, and for its failure to distinguish between war booty, reparations,and loot” (p. 169).
ISBN 10: 0804717613
