Pool,J. Hitler and His Secret Partners. 1997
Pool, James. Hitler and His Secret Partners: Contributions, Loot and
Rewards, 1933-1945. New York: Pocket Books, 1997. 415 pages.
James Pool has studied Hitler for 25 years; his previous book, "Who
Financed Hitler: The Secret Funding of Hitler's Rise to Power, 1919-1933,"
is considered something of a classic. Pool's work is refreshing because
he starts with a broad socioeconomic perspective, and blends this in with
sociopsychological and cultural observations. Frequently historians skip
the infrastructural reasons behind Hitler's power, and opt for a specific
angle instead of the broad picture. The entire phenomenon of Nazi Germany
then becomes subsumed under some variation of The Madman Theory.
Many top industrialists and financiers in Germany made huge returns
on their investment in Hitler's agenda. The spoils of various invasions,
as well as profits from slave labor and confiscation of Jewish properties,
insured their enthusiastic support. Hitler himself was far from ascetic --
he lived in extravagant luxury, subsidized by blatant corruption. Good
old greed, power, and desperation explain Nazi Germany better than ersatz
theories about the German character. Examples: the desire for "lebensraum"
was largely due to food production problems; Hitler invaded Austria because
raw materials were needed to continue rearmament; and Russia was invaded
because the German military machine was running out of oil. Pool never
tries to excuse Germany, but he does offer a fresh look at the evidence.
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