The Art of Occupation. Thomas J. Kehoe

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      The Art of Occupation: Crime and Governance in American-Controlled Germany, 1944–1949, by Thomas J. Kehoe

       THE ART OF OCCUPATION

       Crime and Governance in American-Controlled Germany, 1944–1949

       Thomas J. Kehoe

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Kehoe, Thomas J., 1980- author.

      Title: The art of occupation : crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949 / Thomas J. Kehoe.

      Other titles: Crime and governance in American-controlled Germany, 1944-1949

      Description: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, [2019] | Series: War and society in North America | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019014946| ISBN 9780821423820 (hbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446812 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Military government--Germany (West) | Police--Germany (West)--History. | Crime--Germany (West)--History. | Criminal justice, Administration of--Germany (West)--History. | Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955. | Germany--History--1945-1955.

      Classification: LCC DD257.2 .K37 2019 | DDC 940.087/4--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014946

       For my beautiful daughter Maeve Eleanor, 2017–2019

      Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Part I: Tradition and an Unprecedented Enemy

       Planning and First Steps

       1 Crime and Control in American Military Thought

       2 A Conflict of Visions?

       3 A Violent Transition

       Part II: Destruction, Disorder, Fear, and Fantasy

       The Direct Military Occupation of Germany, 1945–1946

       4 Order and Disorder

       5 Common Enemies

       6 Thieves and Gangs

       7 Power and Discretion

       Part III: Enduring Legacies, 1947–1949

       Threat, Policing, and a Culture of Anxiety

       8 Civilianization, Germanization, and the Rise of German-Led Policing

       9 Winters of Discontent

       10 Myth Formation and the End of Military Government

       Conclusion

       Appendix: The Military Government Legal Code

       Proclamations, Ordinances and Laws Issuedby Allied Military Government in Germany

       Glossary of Terms

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index