Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations used in the notes
- Introduction
- 1 A time of opportunity
- 2 American diplomacy, official and unofficial
- 3 The landslide election
- 4 Sackett takes the initiative
- 5 Sackett and the financial crisis
- 6 Perceptions of Nazism and communism, with an afterthought on fascism
- 7 One end, two paths: Brüning and Hitler in conflict
- 8 Efforts to sustain representative government in Germany
- 9 Sackett loses heart with Brüning's fall
- 10 The decline of Hitler and the Nazis
- 11 Through a glass darkly
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
11 - Through a glass darkly
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations used in the notes
- Introduction
- 1 A time of opportunity
- 2 American diplomacy, official and unofficial
- 3 The landslide election
- 4 Sackett takes the initiative
- 5 Sackett and the financial crisis
- 6 Perceptions of Nazism and communism, with an afterthought on fascism
- 7 One end, two paths: Brüning and Hitler in conflict
- 8 Efforts to sustain representative government in Germany
- 9 Sackett loses heart with Brüning's fall
- 10 The decline of Hitler and the Nazis
- 11 Through a glass darkly
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
At the end of 1932, Ambassador Sackett was quite content that the problems presented by Hitler and the Nazi party were being worked out in satisfactory fashion. It might take time, but the danger was past. The Schleicher government appeared to have matters in hand, and all indications were that the general would continue in office at least until spring. The new period of quiet was ideal for Sackett. He was firmly committed to making a success of the proposed World Economic Conference. The calm of the holiday season would enable him to address the preparatory problems in Geneva with an uncluttered mind. He would need all his time and energy to insure that the meeting even took place. The idea for the international economic conference had emerged from his talks with Brüning. Hoover had taken up the idea from time to time and finally committed the United States to participate. But the idea did not sit well with Presidentelect Roosevelt. Careful attention to the issue therefore was imperative in Sackett's eyes.
Hoover was convinced that international cooperation was the best way to defeat the depression; but he feared that Europe was depending too much on the United States to come up with solutions. Pressure from the Congress and also from the British finally induced him to act. He still believed that the American economy, if left to its own devices, could solve domestic problems. But he also presumed that the failure of American recovery could be attributed to the problems in Europe.
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