Peter Hoffmann

Bio: Peter Hoffmann is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Opposition (politics) & German. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 20 publications receiving 183 citations.

German resistance to Hitler

Abstract: Introduction Part One. The Rise of Hitler 1. Path to Dictatorship 2. Consolidation of Power 3. Toward World Conquest Part Two. The Resistance 4. Forces of Opposition 5. Varieties of Thought 6. Military Involvement 7. Failed Conspiracies 8. Contacts Abroad 9. Assassination Attempts Conclusion Selected Bibliography Notes Index

The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945

Abstract: Part 1 The background: the year 1933 forms of resistance top-level crisis. Part 2 The sudden crisis and the attempted coup of 1938: operation \"Green\" foreign policy and resistance Beck's plans Halder's plans. Part 3 Plans for a coup 1939-1940: before the outbreak of war plans, probings and memoranda Halder's new plan further efforts soundings abroad. Part 4 Internal political plans: Schmid Noerr Hassell Popitz Goerdeler the Kreisau circle socialists. Part 5 Contacts with the enemy 1940-1944: Albrecht Hashofer 1940-1941 Hasell 1941-1942 Lochner 1941-1942 Trott, Bonhoeffer, Schonfeld 1942 Moltke 1943 Trott 1943-1944 Gisevius miscellaneous contacts \"eastern solution\"? Otto John 1944. Part 6 Assassination attempts 1933-1942: the early days attempts of 1938-1942. Part 7 Tresckow and army group centre: preparations projections of 1943 abortive plans \"Valkyrie\". Part 8 Stauffenberg and the replacement army: Stauffenberg's career assassination attempts - Bussche, Kleist, Breitenbuch procurement of explosive communications planning internal political planning Stauffenberg's first two assassination attempts. Part 9 20 July 1944: \"Wolfschanze\" Berlin: the coup the coup in the provinces Prague, Vienna, Paris collapse in Berlin. Part 10 Wreck of the opposition: summary court martial arrests people's court, executions, concentration camps.

The history of the German resistance, 1933-1945

Abstract: Part 1 The background: the year 1933 forms of resistance top-level crisis. Part 2 The sudden crisis and the attempted coup of 1938: operation "Green" foreign policy and resistance Beck's plans Halder's plans. Part 3 Plans for a coup 1939-1940: before the outbreak of war plans, probings and memoranda Halder's new plan further efforts soundings abroad. Part 4 Internal political plans: Schmid Noerr Hassell Popitz Goerdeler the Kreisau circle socialists. Part 5 Contacts with the enemy 1940-1944: Albrecht Hashofer 1940-1941 Hasell 1941-1942 Lochner 1941-1942 Trott, Bonhoeffer, Schonfeld 1942 Moltke 1943 Trott 1943-1944 Gisevius miscellaneous contacts "eastern solution"? Otto John 1944. Part 6 Assassination attempts 1933-1942: the early days attempts of 1938-1942. Part 7 Tresckow and army group centre: preparations projections of 1943 abortive plans "Valkyrie". Part 8 Stauffenberg and the replacement army: Stauffenberg's career assassination attempts - Bussche, Kleist, Breitenbuch procurement of explosive communications planning internal political planning Stauffenberg's first two assassination attempts. Part 9 20 July 1944: "Wolfschanze" Berlin: the coup the coup in the provinces Prague, Vienna, Paris collapse in Berlin. Part 10 Wreck of the opposition: summary court martial arrests people's court, executions, concentration camps.

The Question of Western Allied Co-operation with the German Anti-Nazi Conspiracy, 1938–1944

Abstract: When emissaries of the German underground opposition against Hitler's dictatorship sought contacts and co-operation with the British government in 1938, prime minister Neville Chamberlain said they reminded him of the Jacobites in King William's reign; but until May 1940, the British government was not averse to co-operating with Germans conspiring to overthrow their own government.

The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing

Abstract: 1. The argument 2. Ethnic cleansing in former times 3. Two versions of 'we, the people' 4. Genocidal democracies in the New World 5. Armenia, I: into the danger zone 6. Armenia, II: genocide 7. Nazis, I: radicalization 8. Nazis, II: fifteen hundred perpetrators 9. Nazis, III: genocidal careers 10. Germany's allies and auxiliaries 11. Communist cleansing: Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot 12. Yugoslavia, I: into the danger zone 13. Yugoslavia, II: murderous cleansing 14. Rwanda, I: into the danger zone 15. Rwanda, II: genocide 16. Counterfactual cases: India and Indonesia 17. Combating ethnic cleansing in the world today.

Politicians: Be Killed or Survive

Abstract: In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years. Several strategies, in addition to security measures, are shown to significantly reduce the probability of politicians being attacked or killed: extended institutional and governance quality, democracy, voice and accountability, a well functioning system of law and order, decentralization via the division of power and federalism, larger cabinet size and strengthened civil society. There is also support for a contagion effect.

Psychological Perspectives on Interrogation.

Abstract: Proponents of "enhanced interrogation techniques" in the United States have claimed that such methods are necessary for obtaining information from uncooperative terrorism subjects. In the present article, we offer an informed, academic perspective on such claims. Psychological theory and research shows that harsh interrogation methods are ineffective. First, they are likely to increase resistance by the subject rather than facilitate cooperation. Second, the threatening and adversarial nature of harsh interrogation is often inimical to the goal of facilitating the retrieval of information from memory and therefore reduces the likelihood that a subject will provide reports that are extensive, detailed, and accurate. Third, harsh interrogation methods make lie detection difficult. Analyzing speech content and eliciting verifiable details are the most reliable cues to assessing credibility; however, to elicit such cues subjects must be encouraged to provide extensive narratives, something that does not occur in harsh interrogations. Evidence is accumulating for the effectiveness of rapport-based information-gathering approaches as an alternative to harsh interrogations. Such approaches promote cooperation, enhance recall of relevant and reliable information, and facilitate assessments of credibility. Given the available evidence that torture is ineffective, why might some laypersons, policymakers, and interrogation personnel support the use of torture? We conclude our review by offering a psychological perspective on this important question.