Capitalist support for fascism....

Henry C.K. Liu hliu at mindspring.com
Sat Feb 13 00:24:03 PST 1999


Can any one suggest a good book on Hitler's economic policy between 1933-37.

Henry C.K. Liu

Paul Henry Rosenberg wrote:


> Alex wrote:
>
> > I just saw a special on the History Channel (hey, I was *really* bored)
> > about a plot by business leaders to use a charismatic veteran to lead a
> > fascist coup against FDR. Pretty harrowing stuff.
>
> That would be Smedley Butler.
>
> Interesting that they'd have that on the Histor Channel. Something to
> look forward to when I get cable, beyond the Sci-Fi channel & "Law &
> Order" reruns.
>
> > I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some solid, in-depth
> > books on big business support for fascism and Nazism, besides Guerin's
> > Fascism and Big Business (which isn't very good at all) or Higam's
> > Trading With The Enemy. I don't know how many times I've heard cretinous
> > history teachers say "Remember, Hitler was a member of the National
> > *Socialist* party..." I'm looking for something to refute the lazy,
> > facile claim that Hitler was a socialist, once and for all.
>
> *Who Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power,
> 1919-1933*, by James E. Pool
>
> --
> Paul Rosenberg
> Reason and Democracy
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>
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