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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kehoe, Thomas J., 1980- author.
Imprint:	Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Description:	x, 378 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	War and society in North America War and society in North America (Athens, Ohio)
Subject:	Military government -- Germany (West) Police -- Germany (West) -- History. Crime -- Germany (West) -- History. Criminal justice, Administration of -- Germany (West) -- History. Crime. Criminal justice, Administration of. Military government. Police. Social conditions. Germany -- Social conditions -- 1945-1955. Germany -- History -- 1945-1955. Germany. Germany (West) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11973880

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Varying Form of Title:	Crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949
ISBN:	9780821423820 0821423827 9780821446812 (pdf)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-370) and index.
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."

Table of 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.

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