World War II and its aftermath brought devastating material losses to millions of West Germans. Military action destroyed homes, businesses, and personal possessions; East European governments expelled 15 million ethnic Germans from their ancestral homes; and currency reform virtually wiped out many Germans' hard-earned savings. These "war damaged" individuals, well over one-third of the West German population, vehemently demanded compensation at the expense of those who had not suffered losses, to be financed through capital levies on surviving private property.
Michael Hughes...
World War II and its aftermath brought devastating material losses to millions of West Germans. Military action destroyed homes, businesses, and perso...
Golden: An American Odyssey starts in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and ends in southwest Florida. In between, Michael L. Hughes, a wild kid who raced stock cars before he had a driver's license, morphed into an entrepreneur. He founded Hughes Computer Systems, which he later sold to ADP. This is the story that almost didn't happen and of lessons learned along the way as it did happen. The book spans a lifetime that begins prior to World War II and continues into the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Golden: An American Odyssey starts in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and ends in southwest Florida. In between, Michael L. Hughes, a wild kid who raced stock ...
Contributing to the debate about the nature of politics in Weimar Germany, this study supports scholarship emphasizing that inept attempts to solve the intractable problems of stabilization contributed substantially to Weimar's decline, and it illuminates how conservative attempts to manipulate popular discontent left many Germans open to Nazi appeals. Hughes illustrates the problems arising in the aftermath of inflation and shows how these contributed to the overwhelming economic constraints Germany faced by the late 1920s.
Originally published in 1988.
A UNC Press...
Contributing to the debate about the nature of politics in Weimar Germany, this study supports scholarship emphasizing that inept attempts to solve th...