The Nazi War Against Capitalism

Author Nevin Gussack takes the controversial stance that the German Nazis represented an unorthodox brand of socialism. Nevin traces the intellectual origins of the Third Reich's socialism from the "War Socialism" of World War I to the ideological roots of the early German Nazi movement. The Party's interventions in the private economy are also documented at length in this book. The motivations behind the support provided by foreign and domestic capitalists to the Nazi movement are discussed, along with Berlin's predatory trade practices targeted against the American market. The trade practices and the strategic use of foreign and domestic bankers by the Nazis bore more than a passing similarity to the experience of various communist countries such as contemporary China. The Nazi War Against Capitalism is an important, detailed contribution to the discussion about the nature of Nazi economic policy.