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German Resistance Against Hitler: The Search for Allies Abroad, 19381945 von Klemperer, Klemens

This book traces the many efforts of the German Resistance to forge alliances with Hitlers opponents outside Germany The Allied agencies, notably the British Foreign Office and the US State Department, were illprepared to deal with the unorthodox approaches of the WiderstandUltimately, the Allies policy of absolute silence, the Grand Alliance with the Soviet Union, and the demand for unconditional surrender pushed the war to its final denouement, disregarding the German Resistance Von Klemperers scholarly and detailed study uncovers the activities and beliefsof numerous individuals who fought against Nazism within Germany He explores the formation of their policy and analyzes the relations of the Resistance with the Vatican and the ecumenical movement, the intelligence agencies of the Allied powers, and the resistance movements outside GermanyMeasured by the conventional standards of diplomacy, the German Resistance to Hitler was a failure However, von Klemperer shows that many of the principles and strategies of the German Resistance, albeit ignored or overridden by the Allies during wartime, were to find their place in the concernsof international relations in the postwar period