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This perennial classic of political literature remains the only book to document the trading of the American financial establishment with Hitler's Germany in World War II, from Pearl Harbor to V-E Day. Ford supplied tanks to Hitler, the Chase Bank financed the Nazis in Paris, ITT built rocket bombs for Goering and Standard Oil fueled U-boats in the Atlantic.

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Charles Higham is the author of several New York Times bestsellers including The Duchess of Windsor, Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn, and Bette Davis. His Howard Hughes: The Secret Life is the basis of the movie The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

He is the recipient of the Academie Francaise Prize of the Creators, among other awards.

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Publisher : iUniverse; 0 edition (March 27, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 302 pages
ISBN-10 : 0595431666
ISBN-13 : 978-0595431663
Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.76 x 9 inches

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Louis Beland

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Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015

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This is information everyone needs to know, why are we still doing business with these companies that financed the ennemy? Is has been the same old story for centuries.

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charles f. poulnot III

trading with the enemy:the nazi-american money plot 1933-1945

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2010

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i wouldnt put too much faith in the 1 star reviews of this book especially considering that just yesterday the united states government released the names of the 10,000 american corporations that have been doing business with our "arch enemy" iran; all with our governments approval! that announcement all but legitimizes everything in charles higham's book and proves that NOTHING has changed since WWII. these multinational corps play both sides of all wars/conflicts, profiting handsomely from the death and destruction that the governments cook up while the flag waving idiots march off to kill each other with the latest weaponry dreamed up by GM/dupont/carlyle group. this book cites names, places, dates to the point of ad nauseum of the dirty dealings that FORD, DUPONT, STANDARD OIL(ROCKEFELLERS), GENERAL MOTORS, IT&T, the BANK CORP of AMERICA/PRESCOTT BUSH,(BOY GEORGE'S GRRANDFATHER), etc, etc ,etc. had with hitler and the nazi death machine. to say this book isnt referenced or researched well would only lead me to believe that such an opinion would come from someone with a vested interest in the warmongering. i'm sure the crowd down at the COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS isnt too happy with the facts presented by mr. higham. but as winston churchill said himself, "facts are stubborn things" and the fact has become apparent that we the people are being held hostage by these same ruthless banks/corporations that are now run by the cowardly grandsons of those murdering cowards who ran these corps back in the 30's and 40's. this book is a great foundation to begin the dismantling of the belief system that our government and the corporations have our best interest at heart, they dont! WAKE UP PEOPLE FROM YOUR UNCONSCIOUS STATE, its been business as usual for centuries all dressed up with "differing" political regimes/partys but nothing has changed but the first names of these murdering cowards. "no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."

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A friend who lived in Austria as a child in WW II said it was amazing to read. Rings true

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Truly insightful as to the machinations of international corporations during times of world conflict...food for thought!!

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Dr. Karl O. Edwards

A Tedious Re-Hash Of Old Issues, With No Citations Or Footnotes, That Relies On Over Gerneralization

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I generally avoid books like "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949," because I do not like economics or political science/propaganda, except as they relate to larger sociological and cultural issues. However, after ordering this book for a friend, my interest in WWII was piqued, and at first blush I thought the book may be interesting to read. As I read the "Preface," I had to constantly remind myself it was just that, a preface. But after the first paragraph, I was screaming out for the lack of citations. I continually read through the Appendices, hoping to make connections on my own, but it soon proved pointless. The only reason I continued reading was because my friend wanted my assessment of the book. Given that I did so, I figured I might as well write a review, and hopefully help other potential buyers.

UPDATE: December 29, 2008

If you do not like long, detailed reviews, this review is not for you!

Since writing this review, I have written a number of other reviews and have been actively trying to get Amazon.com to broaden customer feedback processes. One issue is that reviews for a title are all lumped together, regardless of the edition or printing. Ironically, that is not the case for "Trading With The Enemy." So, you may want to look at other versions if you are looking for more reviews (I have not written reviews of these other editions as I have not seen or read those editions, which in fact may be more academic editions of the book).

I also want to reiterate that this review of "Trading With The Enemy" is based upon the fact that the book is classified as an academically and professionally written political science book, and not a general reading non-fiction book. As such, my criticisms are NOT about the authenticity or factuality of the topic, but rather the utter absence of academic rigor, the questionable need for yet another book on the subject, the fallacy that "This perennial classic of political literature remains the only book to document the trading of the American financial establishment with Hitler's Germany in World War II, from Pearl Harbor to V-E Day" and the questionable credentials of the author to write on the topic. As one comment to this review noted, the book's bibliography is 15 pages long; almost all of which deals with the very topic of this "seminal" book.

Lastly, I want to make it clear that if you are unfamiliar with the subject matter--American Financing of Hitler's Germany--and interested in learning about this chapter of American history, "Trading With The Enemy" is a (poorly written and dull) non-academic, non-professional popular reading book that may interest you.

UPDATE: February 3, 2009

I have continued to get requests for alternative books/resources on this subject, and would like to state that I learned about this when I was in High School back in the late 1960s, so I have long forgotten any titles specific to this topic. Nonetheless, I have done considerable research since first posting this review. As a result, I have posted several web pages that would make good starting points for doing your own research, which I have listed in my latest comment. In addition to those web site references, I have now listed the government documents cited in "Trading With The Enemy," along with a couple of other books books that I can't fit in this review; nor do I think they may be any better than this book.

Hence, I would like to suggest several books that I enjoyed reading when I was young, that are resources you might find helpful in understanding the circumstances of the era; (again, it has been years since I have read these books). While they may not provide valid or reliable history, Adolph Hitler's Mein Kampf , Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich (as well as his other books), Joseph Goebbel's The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943 (which I actually read in Jr HS) and Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich , Hermann Göring's Germany Reborn , and if you can find Rudolf Hess' "Speeches," his wife's (Ilse Hess) book, "Prisoner of Peace," or his son's (Wolf Ruidger Hess) book, "My Father Rudolf Hess" are all excellent reading and provide personal insight about the Third Reich. There are two other books that I have glanced at, but cannot personally comment on, that are more recently published on the subject of "Trading With The Enemy," which you might want to consider: IBM and IBM and the Holocaust : The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most PowerfulCorporation and German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler . Both books have excellent reviews; for a professional review of "German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler" go to [...]

For more generalized sociological understanding of power, oppression, and strange bedfellows, I would highly recommend Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (Penguin Classics) , C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite , and Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed , all of which I have read several times and used in classes.

Analytical/Academic Review of "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949":

While I have no way of documenting this, it is my belief that "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949" is little more than a very boring synthesis of several of the books the author read and listed in his bibliography. I read nothing that I had not read before (primarily in high school), including the author's "conclusions." In the Preface, Mr. Higham states in his final paragraph:
"I have tried to write this book as dispassionately as possible, without attempting a moral commentary, and without, of course, intending implications of present corporations and their executive boards." (p.xx)

I can emphatically state that the author, Charles Higman, fails to live up to this claim. The text is riddled with inflammatory words (e.g., "muckraking," "duplicitous") and phrases (e.g., "...ruthlessly ambitious," "...a high-pitched, intense voice, small, probing eyes..." (p.3)). While there are even more colorful terms used, my citing such would take more time than I care to spend.

The commentary essentially uses a dichotomy system of categorizing people and groups: anti-Nazi and anyone else (by implication or comment) is pro-Nazi. As such, the author implies that nearly everyone is a Nazi--including the predecessors and successors of those people and organizations he "discusses." Through this dichotomy, then, "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949," is also implying that the actions of various (if not all) multi-national organizations, directly or through their representatives, placed and continue to place the international market ahead of all other things. (A theme that my friend is seeking; that is, a "smoking gun" to prove "why" the USA is involved in two "wars.")

In addition to using this style of writing that leads to over generalizations, the author provides absolutely no support for what he has written. Hence, beyond the author's claims, there is absolutely no supporting evidence (i.e., citations to (multiple) PRIMARY sources). Without citations, the author was unable to provide expanded discussions in footnotes/endnotes, that are used in good books, to counterpoint arguments, draw unsubstantiated conclusions, add supplemental information and commentary, or make points that are evaluative or opinionated. Instead, Mr Higham does all of this, without stating that he is doing so, in the body of the book. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT MEAN the reader should think that the claims and information presented in "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949" are inaccurate; that is not what I am saying. I am saying that the "facts" are not appropriately cited; historically, or otherwise, presented; and, as such, one cannot take any conclusions as scientifically/historically valid or reliable.

In my opinion, the author relies upon an old method of "impressing" the reader: endless numbers of specific names of individuals and organizations; and repetitive, back and forth, usage of dates. This technique--one that I commonly saw as a former college professor in "research" and "term" papers, that were, in fact, not researched; but rather "re-written" from a book or set of books--gives the illusion of being factual and well researched. This, then, is what the Mr Higham is doing in his book, "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949": he is re-writing what is already out there in other books, GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, and articles, while appearing to be a "new" treatise on an old subject.

As such, I must completely disagree with the description provided by Amazon (and presumably whomever they got it from): "This perennial classic of political literature remains the only book to document the trading of the American financial establishment with Hitler's Germany in World War II, from Pearl Harbor to V-E Day." The falsehood of this statement--THAT IT IS THE ONLY BOOK TO DOCUMENT AMERICAN FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT WITH HITLER'S GERMANY--is most easily found in the author's own bibliography, which lists dozens of books and a number of Congressional reports dealing with American's financial involvement with Germany (and other non-sanctioned countries), from prior to Pearl Harbor to after the end of the war.

I also have questions concerning Mr Charles Higham's credentials for writing this book, and with the books unusual printing history. After spending two days of research (on-line and in the local library) trying to learn more about the author's credentials, I found that Wikipedia's write up on Mr Higham along with the description provided by Amazon, are about as informative as it gets concerning his credentials. To sum it up, Mr Higham graduated in English poetry, acquired a position at University of California, Santa Cruz, and started reviewing and studying movie history. The only other publication by Mr Higham remotely related to this book is a "biography" of Erroll Flynn (a book not even mentioned in Amazon's description), whom the author was attempting to prove was a Nazi when he decided to write "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949." Mr Higham's book on Flynn has been nearly universally panned as misleading, inaccurate, and making false conclusions. Thus, the author's credentials are simply this: Mr Higham is a "movie historian/critic" who has won a French award for "creative" writing! As to the printing history of "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949," I believe that Dell Publishing may have published the book first; but I have not been able to verify that point. [NOTE: On Jul 5, 2008, M. Cooper, in a comment on this review, stated: "FYI, the 1983 hardcover edition was published by Delacorte Press." Given this information, I have backtracked my research and found that the first edition, Trading With the Enemy: An exposé of the Nazi-American money plot, 1933-1949, also had at least five printings!] The current edition, by Backinprint.com, is essentially an "on demand" printing. That is, the book is on a computer with the "publisher" and they print out copies as needed/requested.

In conclusion, "Trading with the Enemy: the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949" is a book I really wish I had never read. For someone who did not receive a complete education in US history, the issues and events re-hashed in the book may be "revealing" and, to a degree, may provide insight into today's international economy; but not in any valid or reliable format.

If this review was not helpful to you, I would appreciate learning the reason(s) so I can improve my reviews. My goal is to provide help to potential buyers, not get into any arguments. So, if you only disagree with my opinion, could you please say so in the comments and not indicate that the review was not helpful. Thanks.

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Good book but....

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2020

I am a Swiss citizen and read this book awhile ago in Zurich. It was well-situated in the personal library of a leftist thinker. It's true, the book lacks sources and references, and needs to be worked up. But the generalizations of the critics were grotesque, a dangerous denial... This is certainly not a conspiracy book. Connections between top US industrialists, their companies and helpers DID exist (read my lips!), many through Swiss and American banks. Hardly ever do journalists provide food notes, or a list of sources anyway. I reordered this book, will find better references, and then compile a summary for this interesting, yet deadly historiae.

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Albert

Not nearly as good as it should have been.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2020

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A very interesting subject but this book fails to tackle it.
The book is very hard to follow and not in any way as informative as it should be.
Which is unfortunate as it does touch on some extremely embarrassing matters for the USA.

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terrible style of writing,possibly on purpose.some very dirty things done.

Latour07

Un mythe meurt ; celui de l'unité des Américains derrière leur chef pour combattre le nazisme durant toute la guerre

Reviewed in France on November 9, 2009

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Charles Higham se présente comme étant né anglais, d'ascendance juive, immigré aux Etats-Unis dont il prit la nationalité. La première version de cet ouvrage "Trading with the Enemy : the NAzi-american plot 1933 - 1949" fut publiée en 1983, après 5 années de travaux de recherche sur des archives dévoilées. Il s'agit ici de la seconde édition datant de 2007.

Ce livre est une mine d'informations qui éclaire d'un jour nouveau beaucoup de points obscurs, sur lesquels je recherche (encore) de l'information. Les anglo-américains avaient très rapidement après le Traité de Versailles fait en sorte qu'il ne puisse pas s'appliquer dans les pénalités à rembourser à la France, dans la limitation de l'armement allemand, dans le contrôle de son industrie de guerre.

La très bonne série " Apocalypse, la 2ème guerre mondiale " visionnée par France 2, m'a appris à écouter les sous-jacents de l'isolationnisme dont une figure de proue était Charles Lindbergh, connu pour ses sympathies engagées pro-nazies (exposées dans le livre). L'alliance des Etats-Unis à l'Angleterre pour la vente des armes n'était pas acquise, loin de là. Je n'évoque même pas l'engagement militaire qui le fut à la faveur, en décembre 1941, de l'offensive japonaise de Pearl Harbor.

Qu'apprend-t-on dans ce remarquable livre dont j'espère qu'il pourra être traduit un jour en français ?

Le président américain Roosevelt a dû batailler ferme avec diplomatie, devant capituler sur certains points, dans la surveillance, le contrôle, les contraintes imposées aux traîtres, grands industriels dont il avait besoin pour poursuivre l'effort de guerre.

Parmi les traîtres listés, très bien décrits, avec concision et maintes sources historiques, soutenus par des personnels politiques influents (State Department, FBI) qui même minoritaires dans la population américaine, réussirent à maintenir le statu quo contre le "Trading with the Enemy act" :

1/ Henry Ford et son fils Edsel(pro-nazis, antisémites violents, Henry, très proche de Hitler qu'il félicita tout particulièrement dans "Mein Kampf"- source Charles Higham, ayant financé depuis le début le parti nazi ; Ford sera un grand pourvoyeur de camions, chars pour l'armée allemande pendant toute la guerre et grand opérateur de la conversion, en Suisse, des moteurs fonctionnant à l'essence en gazogènes),

2/ Rockefeller (Standard Oil - qui alimentait les U-boats via pavillons neutres dont Panama, plus relations commerciales et actionnariales avec IG Farben, la Chase Bank, la Bank for International Settlements, etc.),

3/ ITT (qui détenait 28% du capital de Foke Wulf - chasseurs allemands et fabriqua les fusées qui étaient tirées sur Londres, permit les avancées technologiques dans les télécommunications, secrets partant des Etats-Unis via l'Amérique latine),

4/ SKF (20% des munitions tirées contre les Alliés étaient produits par SKF, du pays "neutre" la Suède, mais aussi en provenance de l'usine américaine de Portland spécialisée dans les roulements à bille nécessaires à la fabrication des avions de guerre)

5/ la famille Du Pont, dont Irénée, antisémite, anti-français, pro-nazi de la première heure, ayant financé le parti nazi en imposant une taxe de 1,5% sur les salaires de Opel pour financer le parti d'Adolf Hitler dès 1934, propriétaire de General Motors (50% des bombardiers Junkers 88 étaient produits par la filiale Opel en Allemagne), ayant oeuvré pour faire des Etats-Unis un pays fasciste, etc. Actionnaires également de IG Farben tristement célèbre pour sa fabrication du gaz Zyklon B utilisé pour l'extermination de populations entières dans les camps de la mort.

La défense de leurs intérêts actionnariaux, souvent teintée d'une admiration des nazis obscène, a produit des schizophrènes. Quand l'un facilitait le transfert de production de SKF Portland pour l'armement allemand après Pearl Harbor, son fils était pilote de chasse, contre les Allemands, en Angleterre.

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Cet ouvrage est très bien documenté. Il aurait gagné en efficacité en intégrant des organigrammes et en mentionnant, en bas de page, les sources d'informations reprises en fin de livre.

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