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The art of occupation : crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949

Title: The art of occupation : crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949 / Thomas J. Kehoe.
Author: Kehoe, Thomas J., 1980-
Publication: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]

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Description

x, 378 pages : facsimiles; 24 cm.

Summary

"Germany has been divided between seemingly irreconcilable assertions of prolonged criminal chaos and narratives of strict martial rule that precluded crime. The Art of Occupation takes a different view on this history, addressing this divergence through an extensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the interaction between military government and social order. Focusing on the American Zone and using previously unexamined American and Germany military reports, court records, and case files, the book assesses crime rates and the psychology surrounding criminality, and thereby offers the first comprehensive exploration of criminality, policing, and the fears amongst Germans and the Americans associated with conquest and potential resistance, social and societal integrity, national future, and a looming threat from communism in an emergent Cold War. It is therefore the fullest study of crime and governance the five years from the first Allied incursions into Germany from the West in September 1944, through the end of the military occupation in 1949. It is an important contribution to American and German social, military and police histories, and historical criminology."

Series Statement

War and society in North America

Uniform Title

War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)

Alternative Title

Crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-370) and index.

Contents

Part 1. Tradition and an unprecedented enemy: planning and first steps -- Crime and control in American military thought -- A conflict of visions? -- A violent transition -- Part 2. Destruction, disorder, fear, and fantasy: the direct military occupation of Germany, 1945/46 -- Order and disorder -- Common enemies -- Thieves and gangs -- Power and discretion -- Enduring legacies, 1947/49: threat, policing, and a culture of anxiety -- Civilianization, Germanization, and the rise of German-led policing -- Winters of discontent -- Myth formation and the end of military government -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The military government legal code: Articles I and II of proclamations, ordinances, and laws issued by Allied Military Government in Germany -- Glossary of terms.

Call Number

JFE 20-2307

ISBN

9780821423820
0821423827

LCCN

2019014946

OCLC

1085699201

Author

Kehoe, Thomas J., 1980- author.

Title

The art of occupation : crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949 / Thomas J. Kehoe.

Publisher

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

War and society in North America

War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-370) and index.

Chronological Term

1945-1955

Indexed Term

American occupation of Germany

Research Call Number

JFE 20-2307

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