The Morgenthau Plan: Soviet Influence on American Postwar Policy

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Algora Publishing, 2002 - Business & Economics - 198 pages
After hostilities officially ceased, what drove American policy towards Germany in 1944-1949? While Soviet policies came under closer inspection, Western policies have rarely been subjected to critical review. This book deals with the Morgenthau Plan and its impact on American postwar planning. Conventional accounts of Western postwar policies occasionally mention the Morgenthau Plan, describing it as a plan developed in the Treasury Department designed to deindustrialize or ?
 

Contents

1 THE ORIGINS OF THE MORGENTHAU PLAN
17
2 PLANNING FOR THE SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE OCTAGON
39
3 THE SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE OCTAGON SEPTEMBER 1116 1944
47
4 THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE OF THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE
61
5 GERMAN REACTION TO THE MORGENTHAU PLAN
69
6 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF DIRECTIVE 1067
75
7 THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE MORGENTHAU PLAN
83
8 FOOD RATIONING
101
9 ENFORCEDSLAVE LABOR
119
10 THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF EASTERN EUROPE
137
11 CONCLUSION
147
ENDNOTES
161
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
189
Index
195
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