Schacht's economy versus Hitler's foreign policy : recovery, military build-up, and bluff

Abstract

My purpose in making a study of German economics in the period between world wars is really three-fold. Interaction of these three factors holds the key to the paper and the thesis it defends. Initially, I examine the Nuremberg Trials for the purpose of establishing some background for the current belief in German war guilt, and in particular, the case against the German economy, The second phase deals directly with the German economy in the 1930's and two of the men who guided it within this period. The last phase examines Hitler's foreign policy in relation to the economic capabilities of Germany immediately preceding the war and structures the evidence examined into a very different conclusion,