American industry and finance, and German rearmament : a case study of Standard Oil, Dupont, and General Motors and their relations with Interessengemeinschaft-Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft / by Neil Spencer Marinovich.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: DD256.8 .M37 1995

Overview

Summary: Contrary to popular scholarship which has primarily attempted to credit national forces within as the driving energy behind Nazi electoral successes and later German rearmament under Nazi auspices, I will demonstrate that foreign influences had considerable impact upon Nazi successes during the late 1920s and their achievements during the 1930s. First I examined the American banking industry to determine its effect upon the financial decisions of German creditors, and to determine if American banks played a role in destabilizing the Weimar Republic, thus setting the stage for the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei's seizure of power. Additionally, I investigated several American multinational corporations, such as Standard Oil of New Jersey, Du Pont and General Motors, to determine their contribution to Nazi successes in Germany's rearmament program. To what degree did American industry collaborate with Nazi Germany and assist the Nazis in their preparations for their European conquests?
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Marinovich, Neil Spencer.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1995
Locale: Germany
United States
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--Eastern Michigan University, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-120).

Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2002. 24 cm.

Dissertations and Theses

Subjects: Germany--Economic conditions--1918-1945. United States--Foreign economic relations--Germany. Germany--Foreign economic relations--United States. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. General Motors Corporation. Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.

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