TY - BOOK AU - Dietrich,John TI - The Morgenthau Plan: Soviet influence on American postwar policy SN - 1628940204 AV - E183.8.G3 D48 2013 U1 - 940.53/1440943 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Algora Publishing KW - Morgenthau, Henry, KW - Reconstruction (1939-1951) KW - Germany KW - Reconstruction, 1939-1951 KW - Allemagne KW - HISTORY KW - Europe KW - Western KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Diplomatic relations KW - Economic history KW - Social conditions KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - 1945-1953 KW - Soviet Union KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945-1990 KW - 20th century KW - États-Unis KW - Relations extérieures KW - URSS KW - Conditions économiques KW - Conditions sociales KW - 20e siècle KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=632638 ER -