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Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort

Hardback

Main Details

Title Secret Reports on Nazi Germany: The Frankfurt School Contribution to the War Effort
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Franz Neumann
By (author) Herbert Marcuse
By (author) Otto Kirchheimer
Edited by Raffaele Laudani
Foreword by Raymond Geuss
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:704
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780691134130
ClassificationsDewey:940.548673
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2013
Publication Country United States

Description

During the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt School--Franz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer--worked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of the CIA. This book brings together their most important intelligence reports on Nazi Germany, most of them published here

Author Biography

Franz Neumann (1900-1954) was a labor lawyer and political activist in Germany before the Nazi period, and was a professor of political science at Columbia University after his work in the OSS and at the Nuremberg Trials. Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a philosopher who made important contributions to the Frankfurt School critical theory of society. He taught at Brandeis and San Diego universities after his work in the OSS. Otto Kirchheimer (1905-1965) worked for the OSS until 1952. Later he was professor of political science at the New School for Social Research and Columbia. Raffaele Laudani is assistant professor of the history of political thought at the University of Bologna.

Reviews

"[F]ascinating... [T]his new volume ... conveniently collects a substantial chunk of the original documents penned by Neumann and his research team."--William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs "[A] fascinating collection... The history of wartime intelligence is a developing field, and this material is a welcome addition."--Library Journal "[S]ome of the most brilliant analysis of Nazi Germany ever written and a valuable lesson in postwar planning... [A] rich and multi-layered collection of political essays that will be of enduring interest to students of military intelligence, Marxism, Nazi Germany and the Allied effort in the Second World War."--John Bew, New Statesman