Trading With the Enemy [Paperback]

Charles Higham (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Dell Pub Co (November 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044019055X
• ISBN-13: 978-0440190554
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,134,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Book !, April 18, 2002

By 

Melvin Hunt (Cleveland,, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trading With the Enemy (Paperback)

This is a book that gives you insight into some of America's
corporation that actually traded with the Nazis during World War II.You are given actual names of some powers in American industry
who did business with Nazi Germany during the war. Some of the biggest corporations in the Unites States profited due to "Trading With The Enemy".Some of the companies that are named in this book are still in operation today.This is a good history
book that serves as an exposure of American business. This is
definitely a very good read. It might change your outlook on
American history.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Detailed, January 30, 1999

By 

puffinswan "puffinswan" (Brigadoon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trading With the Enemy (Paperback)

Excruciatingly detailed account of the ugly business of war. Frightening and meticulously researched, this book is not easy reading. I found it somewhat dull because of the writing style, but for those interested in WW2 or for those who lived through I would still recommend it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, November 18, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Trading With the Enemy (Paperback)

This book contains an important lesson for our times: quick profits and national security are sometimes compatible and sometimes conflicting objectives, and it is not always easy to determine which they may be at a given time -- though, viewed though the absolutist viewpoint through which US participation in WWII is now generally recalled, the actions and behavior outlined in this book strike one as genteel treason by respectable people and companies which was apparently accommodated by the government, with one shocking expose following another. It is instructive even as there have been inquiries on who armed Iraq -- and as there is an ongoing national security debate on technology export policy -- to note that US trade with the Axis was not completely cut off even after Pearl Harbor. For those who might be inclined to think that it is obvious that there are some things the US would never sell to certain other countries so as not to arm its potential enemies, they should think again; there have been too many situations where the "obvious" has been turned on its head. The book imparts a crucial and not widely understood civics lesson, especially in using the US's "good war" as a paradigm.