Hell's Cartel - 9780805078138
Un libro in lingua di Diarmuid Jeffreys edito da Henry Holt & Co, 2008
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The remarkable rise and shameful fall of one of the twentieth century's greatest conglomerates
At its peak in the 1930s, the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. To this day, companies formerly part of the Farben cartel—the aspirin-maker Bayer, the graphics supplier Agfa, the plastics giant BASF—continue to play key roles in the global market. IG Farben itself, however, is remembered mostly for its infamous connections to the Nazi Party and its complicity in the atrocities of the Holocaust. After the war, Farben's leaders were tried for crimes that included mass murder and exploitation of slave labor.
In Hell's Cartel, Diarmuid Jeffreys presents the first comprehensive account of IG Farben's rise and fall, tracing the enterprise from its nineteenth-century origins, when the discovery of synthetic dyes gave rise to a vibrant new industry, through the upheavals of the Great War era, and on to the company's fateful role in World War II. Drawing on extensive research and original interviews, Hell's Cartel sheds new light on the codependence of industry and the Third Reich, and offers a timely warning against the dangerous merger of politics and the pursuit of profit.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Hell's Cartel
- Sottotitolo: Ig Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Diarmuid Jeffreys
- Editore: Henry Holt & Co
- Collana: Henry Holt & Co (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 22 Gennaio '08
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Industrial policy Germany History 20th century Forced labor Germany History 20th century Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945
- Pagine: 485
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 165 x 31
- ISBN-10: 0805078134
- EAN-13: 9780805078138