The Morgenthau Plan : Soviet influence on American postwar policy / by John Dietrich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Harry Dexter White -- The origins of the Morgenthau Plan -- Planning for the Second Quebec Conference (Octagon) -- The Second Quebec Conference (Octagon) -- September 11-16, 1944 -- The immediate consequence of the Quebec Conference -- German reaction to the Morgenthau Plan -- Joint Chiefs of Staff Directive 1067 -- The economic consequence of the Morgenthau Plan -- Table 6.1 industrial production index -- Food rationing -- Table 2.3 calories per capita per day from rationed food -- Enforced/slave labor -- The ethnic "cleansing" of Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Selected bibliography -- Internet sources.

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The Morgenthau Plan, the Allies' post-war policy that preceded the Marshall Plan, devastated what remained of Germany after the war was officially over. Was this ""economic idiocy""--Or intentional destruction of a surrendered country? The current work documents how the Morgenthau Plan was designed to completely destroy the German economy, enslave millions of her citizens, and exterminate as many as 20 million people. John Dietrich demonstrates this through countless documented quotes from official sources. What had changed by 1947, and why was the Morgenthau Plan finally rejected, swept unde.

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