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Book Review: Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller (Eds.). How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment and Nation in the Third Reich. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005

Book Review: Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller (Eds.). How Green Were the... 258 ORGANIZATION & ENVIRONMENT / June 2007 Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller (Eds.). How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment and Nation in the Third Reich. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. DOI: 10.1177/1086026607302159 This book tackles the polemical and provocative question of “How green were the Nazis?” Were they, as right-wingers such as Anna Bramwell claimed in her books in the 1980s, proto-greens whose protection of nature and advocacy of organic farming should be praised, or does the modern environmental movement, as Ramachandra Guha asserts, have absolutely no connection with them? The editors in their Introduction steer clear of simplistic interpretations and provide an excellent overview of the overlap between the goals of (brown) National Socialism and (green) German nature-protection movement as it existed in the first few decades of the 20th century. What were the results and lasting impacts of this brown-green relationship? They first point out that the nature-protection movement was more powerful and articulate in Germany than elsewhere in Europe. Thus, many Nazi voters were sympathetic to the green agenda and welcomed the election of a strong Nazi regime as an opportunity to implement long-desired green (and other) policies, which the weak Weimar http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Book Review: Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller (Eds.). How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment and Nation in the Third Reich. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005

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Organization & Environment , Volume 20 (2): 3 – Jun 1, 2007
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258 ORGANIZATION & ENVIRONMENT / June 2007 Franz-Josef Brüggemeier, Mark Cioc, and Thomas Zeller (Eds.). How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment and Nation in the Third Reich. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. DOI: 10.1177/1086026607302159 This book tackles the polemical and provocative question of “How green were the Nazis?” Were they, as right-wingers such as Anna Bramwell claimed in her books in the 1980s, proto-greens whose protection of nature and advocacy of organic farming should be praised, or does the modern environmental movement, as Ramachandra Guha asserts, have absolutely no connection with them? The editors in their Introduction steer clear of simplistic interpretations and provide an excellent overview of the overlap between the goals of (brown) National Socialism and (green) German nature-protection movement as it existed in the first few decades of the 20th century. What were the results and lasting impacts of this brown-green relationship? They first point out that the nature-protection movement was more powerful and articulate in Germany than elsewhere in Europe. Thus, many Nazi voters were sympathetic to the green agenda and welcomed the election of a strong Nazi regime as an opportunity to implement long-desired green (and other) policies, which the weak Weimar

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