Simpson,C. The Splendid Blond Beast. 1993
Simpson, Christopher. The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in
the Twentieth Century. New York: Grove Press, 1993. 399 pages. Reprinted in
1996 by Common Courage Press, Box 702, Monroe ME 04951, Tel: 800-497-3207.
It's common to read biographies of men who waged war during the first
half of the century, when issues were clear and warriors could be heroes.
So when Christopher Simpson takes a look at two cases of genocide -- the
slaughter of Armenians in World War I and Hitler's holocaust -- it's a
surprise to discover that things are not so simple. Allen Dulles, for
example, helped a number of Nazis to escape, and worked for the greater
glory of postwar Germany, which also meant a better bottom line for the
German industrialists he represented before the war. While later claiming
to be unwilling victims of the Nazis, these industrialists were happy to
contract with the SS for forced labor from concentration camps, because it
was profitable. They got off easy at Nuremberg; the Allies felt that rapid
reconstruction would be a hedge against revolution in war-ravaged Europe.
The larger point of this well-documented book is that complicity in
genocide ranged far and wide, on both sides of the front in both wars.
When it came time for accountability, international tribunals were stymied
by the same machinations of privilege and power that started the problem
in the first place. The structure of international law is weak, and easily
overruled by elites who simply want to "get on with business."
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