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Friedrich von Boetticher was Germanys only
military attach accredited to the United States between the world
wars. As such, he was Germanys official military observer in the
capital of the nation whose potential as an ally of those powers
arrayed against Adolf Hitler in the 1930s might have given the
dictator pause in any predatory plans he harbored against his
neighbors. Though von Boetticher produced a rich and detailed
commentary on military and political affairs in Washington in the
eight years prior to the outbreak of war between Germany and the
United States in 1941, he was nonetheless accused after the war of
misjudging Americas productive potential and misleading Hitler with
overly optimistic reports. As Alfred M. Beck points out, what he
actually told German authorities in Berlin is strikingly different
from what his detractors later claimed. Von Boetticher permits a
glimpse into the sociology of a conservative officer caste at once
assailed by the politics of a regime and the impossibilities
imposed on it, its weaknesses in resisting its evils, and its
eventual failure to present an alternative to National Socialism's
illusory attractions." |
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| ISBN-10: 1574888781 ISBN-13: 9781574888782 |
Paperback - June 2006 |
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