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German Catholics and Hitler's Wars
A study in social control

Zahn, Gordon C.
Publisher:  E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc., New York, USA
Year Published:  1969   First Published:  1962
Pages:  232pp  
Resource Type:  Book

Why did German Catholics (along with other Christian groups) lend almost complete support to Hitler's wars of conquest? Why is there a record of only a handful of Catholic conscientious objectors to Hitler's aggression?

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface

Part I
1. History and Methodology of the Study
2. The Social-Control Dimension
3. The Value-Selection Dimension
4. A Question of Judgment

Part II
5. Statement of the Problem
6. The Bishops
7. Clement August von Galen
8. Michael Cardinal Faulhaber
9. Conrad Gröber
10. Franz Josef Rarkowski

Part III
11. Analysis and Interpretation
12. Sociotheological Implications

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