Conjuring Hitler: How Britain and America Made the Third Reich

By Guido Giacomo Preparata

Book Overview

Nazism is usually depicted as the outcome of political blunders and unique economic factors: we are told that it could not be prevented, and that it will never be repeated.

In this explosive book, Guido Giacomo Preparata shows that the truth is very different: using meticulous economic analysis, he demonstrates that Hitler's extraordinary rise to power was in fact facilitated -- and eventually financed -- by the British and American political classes during the decade following World War I.

Through a close analysis of events in the Third Reich, Preparata unveils a startling history of Anglo-American geopolitical interests in the early twentieth century. He explains that Britain, still clinging to its empire, was terrified of an alliance forming between Germany and Russia. He shows how the UK, through the Bank of England, came to exercise control over Weimar Germany and how Anglo-American financial support for Hitler enabled the Nazis to seize power.

This controversial study shows that Nazism was not regarded as an aberration: for the British and American establishment of the time, it was regarded as a convenient way of destabilising Europe and driving Germany into conflict with Stalinist Russia, thus preventing the formation of any rival continental power block.

Guido Giacomo Preparata lays bare the economic forces at play in the Third Reich, and identifies the key players in the British and American establishment who aided Hitler's meteoric rise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074532181X
• ISBN13: 9780745321813
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Brave, bold, truthful book linking Anglo-American finance and Germany during the two wars

I was skeptical at first buying this book as the author has a PhD in Political Economy and Economic History and I figured that he was 'brainwashed' by the system. I was wrong. First of all the title of the book is a little misleading, Conjuring Hitler. There is very little about Hitler in the book, a paragraph here and there until near the end of the book. Contrast this to Montagu Norman, (past governor of the bank of England in the City of London Corporation) the author writes several pages about him. This book traces the history of Germany from before WWI, between WWI and WWII and WWII with an eye on the behind the scenes of the financing and re-armament of Germany. The treaty of Versailles and the Dawes plan are also covered. The author, Guido Giacomo Preparata does a skillful job at following the money trail to the Anglo-American oligarchy who use the worlds banking system (he calls it the 'Grid') to create wars and mold future events for their liking, basically "Perfidious Albion" using balance of power and divide & conquer to continue the 'hidden' British Empire. Conjuring Hitler should be read by all historians and conspiracy buffs as Guido Giacomo Preparata does a masterful job proving that 'Britain and America made the Third Reich'.

Excellent Research, Great Analysis, Bold Move.

The book is worth buying just for the bibliography. Preparata has done a wonderful job assembling reference material and it is apparent that he has read and digested that material. This is a must read that helps move conspiracy theory towards conspiracy fact. Excellent anaysis throughout. My only complaint is that the author wants to prove his erudition through his vocabulary - but I suppose that can be a learning opportunity for those of limited vocabulary with a good dictionary or access to the Internet. Although many of these ideas have been expressed by Sutton, et al., Preparata goes further and broader than his predecessors and does so in a style that keeps one engaged and eager to learn more.

Conjuring

A controversial, precise, intriguing, original book that intrigued me and suggested a new version for the events that shaped our recent history.

The telling of a different story.

Are you interested in the political climate of the War on Terrorism? If you read Noam Chomsky and study his analysis of the U.S. role in recent history then Guido Preparata's "Conjuring Hitler" is a must read because it will eco the voice of intellectual dissidence. This author re-sets the political stage of the 1930's to expose the real magician behind the smoke and hand trick, American's history books call the victory of WWII. If you can not imagine anything worse then Hitler it is because it is taboo to ask- who could be worse then a Nazi? This book is loaded with the keys for doors our education and culture does not encourage to be opened. Allow yourself the temptation of cracking open the dictionary, or google searching here and there. Often I find reading history and economics a panacea for insomnia but the opposite is true here. Once I started reading "Conjuring Hitler" I found it difficult to put it down. This author rewards the reader with his own style which is an added bonus for anyone interested in the relationship between history and current events. I encourage you to read the book.

Explained so many things!

This book is incredible! So dense with vital information and so well supported~ this changes the way I have always thought about this era of history. The world is never so simple as the good guys and the bad guys and this book contains the proof for that leading up to WW2. I'm really hard to convince along these lines, but this book has blown me away. I'm a believer.