CONTENTS
NOTE: This descriptive table of contents gives only a
sampling of the many provocative questions discussed.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| Foreword | [xi] | |
| Introduction | [xv] | |
| 1. | Germany | [1] |
| Have you ever met Hitler? | ||
| What impression does he make when you meet him? | ||
| Does Hitler’s personality grow upon closer acquaintance? | ||
| Is Hitler personally brave? | ||
| Is it true that Hitler is a homosexual? | ||
| Are women attracted to Hitler? | ||
| What kind of public speaker is Hitler? | ||
| What is the secret of Hitler’s power? | ||
| Do you think Hitler is personally responsible for the war? | ||
| Is Hitler the real boss of Germany? | ||
| Are any of the men around Hitler of a calibre to succeed him? | ||
| Does Hitler actually direct his battles as did Napoleon? | ||
| Why didn’t Hitler attack England after Dunkirk? | ||
| What was Hitler’s second mistake? | ||
| Isn’t there anything constructive about Hitlerism? | ||
| How has Hitler run his show without money, without gold, without foreign exchange? | ||
| Can the Nazi economy continue to run indefinitely? | ||
| How can you describe the German people as hysterical? | ||
| What would happen if Hitler were killed? | ||
| Why doesn’t somebody kill Hitler? | ||
| What was the explanation of the bombing attempt on Hitler in the Munich Beer Hall? | ||
| Were the Nazi atrocity stories exaggerated? | ||
| Do you consider Out of the Night authentic? | ||
| Hasn’t Hitler proved he is an enemy of Bolshevism by attacking Russia? | ||
| What should we do with Hitler after he is defeated? | ||
| 2. | Russia | [88] |
| What is the best way for the United States to help the Russians? | ||
| How can the Russian resistance to the German attack be explained? | ||
| What do the Russians fight for? | ||
| Is it true that the Soviet government has restored freedom of worship? | ||
| Are we running a risk if we support the Russians? | ||
| Can Stalin be trusted? | ||
| Under what circumstances would Stalin make a separate peace? | ||
| What would be the effect of such a compromise peace on Great Britain and the United States? | ||
| What is the NKVD? | ||
| Are the peasants better off on collective farms? | ||
| How about the Soviet elections of which we hear? | ||
| Why do you give so much importance to the Soviet Terror? | ||
| How do you explain Russian inefficiency and wastefulness? | ||
| How has the Red Army been able to stand up so well? | ||
| Could Stalin carry on with the resources of the Urals? | ||
| 3. | England | [139] |
| What place will Churchill have in history? | ||
| Is Churchill really backed by the English people? | ||
| Can Churchill be trusted? | ||
| What does Churchill think of the United States? | ||
| What are Churchill’s characteristics as a person? | ||
| Would the British Navy survive the fall of the British Isles? | ||
| How can the flight of Hess be explained? | ||
| What is the secret of Churchill’s success? | ||
| What are Churchill’s principal interests? | ||
| 4. | War Aims | [184] |
| What are Britain’s war aims? | ||
| What was the meaning of the Churchill-Roosevelt meeting? | ||
| How can the gains of victory be consolidated? | ||
| Will the United States come out of the war in a better economic condition than others? | ||
| What will the peace conference be like? | ||
| In what sense will the conquered peoples be slaves? | ||
| How could we compete with Hitler after a German victory? | ||
| Can’t American labor produce better and cheaper than slave labor? | ||
| What are Hitler’s plans for Europe? | ||
| What kind of negotiated peace would be acceptable to the Axis? | ||
| What is the text of Hitler’s terms? | ||
| What chance has Communism in a defeated Germany? | ||
| Is there any way to render Germany impotent? | ||
| Is the problem of the Germans insoluble? | ||
| Will England come out of the war with a socialist system? | ||
| What is to be done with all the former nations of Europe? | ||
| 5. | France | [234] |
| Why did France fall? | ||
| Were there traitors on the French General Staff? | ||
| How did treason manifest itself in the operations of the army? | ||
| Who gave the orders? | ||
| What is the opinion of informed Frenchmen? | ||
| Is Pétain a patriot or traitor, or misguided? | ||
| Is Pétain moved by personal ambition? | ||
| What would Hitler do if he finally tired of fooling with Vichy? | ||
| What about Darlan? And Laval? | ||
| Has Laval a chance to seize power? | ||
| In what way are we Americans very much like the French? | ||
| Are there any encouraging differences between ourselves and the unfortunate French? | ||
| Is there any hope that the French may come back? | ||
| Will Hitler’s treatment of France be different later? | ||
| How was the French indemnity fixed? | ||
| How does this compare with the reparations paid by Germany after the World War? | ||
| What is Hitler doing with French industry? | ||
| Should we continue diplomatic relations with Vichy? | ||
| 6. | The United States | [293] |
| What is the greatest danger we face as a nation today? | ||
| Is our morale very bad? | ||
| What is the state of our armament? | ||
| If we have nothing to fight with, how can we go to war? | ||
| Could Hitler succeed in invading the British Isles? | ||
| Why doesn’t Ireland allow Britain to take over naval bases? | ||
| Is it true that Hitler wants to destroy the United States? | ||
| Haven’t we plenty to do at home without getting into a foreign war? | ||
| Why do you think we ought to go to war with Germany today? | ||
| Why would a declaration of war be worth so much immediately? | ||
| What effect would a declaration of war have on the morale of the Army? | ||
| But weren’t we suckers in the last war? | ||
| Would an American declaration of war have any effect on the morale of the Germans? | ||
| Would another A.E.F. be required? | ||
| Might a new League of Nations be successful? | ||
| 7. | Fifth Columnists | [339] |
| What makes Lindbergh the way he is? | ||
| Are we fair in calling Lindbergh a Copperhead? | ||
| What is the reason for the divorce between Lindbergh and the American people? | ||
| Why did Lindbergh attack the Jews? | ||
| What is to be the fate of the Jews? | ||
| What are Lindbergh’s arguments against our entering the war? | ||
| What is the answer to America’s Fifth Columnists? | ||