| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
Germany - Economic conditions - 1918-1945; World War, 1939-1945 - Economic aspects - Germany |
| Publication Date |
1939 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.4
mm)
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| Publisher |
Alliance book corporation, Longmans, Green and co. |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
HC286.4 .S75 |
| Dewey |
940.53 |
| Cover Price |
$1.75 |
| No. of Pages |
208 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
Price clipped d/j has many tears and is discolored. Price tag on inside front d/j "Younkers Des Moines .49"
Endpapers soiled, text block clean and unmarked.
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Copyright date is 1939. I don't have any more specific data on that, but I believe it was published in October or November.
This turned out to be a fairly interesting comparison of the economic and military aspects of the European powers over time - comparing 1938 to 1914. These aspects are food production, access to raw materials, industrial strength, gold reserves, officer training.
The author uses these data and the trends during "the World War" to logically support his position that Hitler can't win "the current war". In the end, of course, Sternberg was correct that Hitler didn't win the war. But that doesn't mean he couldn't have. Sternberg makes several arguments, based on good data and sound reasoning. And also quite often wrong. One core assumption he makes is that France won't be defeated nearly as quickly as Poland was.
America's potential contribution to defeating Hitler is limited to one chapter. Also a single chapter is the contribution that the Soviet Union may provide in support of Hitler. Sternberg does reckon correctly (but for the wrong reason) that Stalin wouldn't provide any aid. The potential Italian contribution is also given a chapter. Written when it was, the war was not yet global and Japan is not even mentioned.
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