BLOOD AND STEEL. PREFACE: ZAHAROFF, the Man of Mystery, aroused the
curi osity of a dozen of post-War sensation-seeking pub licists.
But the House of Krupp, which could boast the friendship of two
German Emperors, its guns making the background for a half -
century of mad armament policy, and again doing so by the will of
Krupp's new patron, Adolf Hitler, has never yet, throughout the
many generations of its existence, been the subject of a genuinely
critical history. The fact, though surprising, is by no means
accidental. For this firm, surpassing in adroitness of intelligence
all its competitors in the armament industry, has success fully
camouflaged its activities in a rather novel manner. Several
hundred books and pamphlets and more than a thousand scientific
papers seem to imply a veritable publicity-mania, which, however,
is a stroke of true genius: i. e., concealment of the truth behind
a mass of cleverly dished-up data. The author confesses that herein
lay the real difficulty of his task. Here was no charitable
obscurity in which every ascertained fact could prove a welcome
guide to the Unknown. Step by step mountains of paper had to be
pushed aside in order that what was essential could be found in
spite of thousands of printed pages. And utmost care was taken to
investigate and weigh the sources of all information. Definite,
undisputed state ments alone could be utilised here. The author,
lacking all talent for fiction, did not allow his imagination play
in any single instance. He himself retreated behind the facts
presented. It is obvious that the association of politics and busi
ness, steel and the destiny of nations, revealed in these pages is
not to be considered peculiarto the history or the present
condition of Germany. Wherever the name Krupp appears, let the
Frenchman substitute Schnei der; the Englishman, Vickers; and any
other coun try, its corresponding firm. Not out of blind antagonism
nor hatred has this criti cism of one phase of German actuality
been born. Rather out of sadness; sadness for a kindly but
misguided peo ple; for a noble country; and especially for one
strip of earth beside the Ruhr which will always remain the
Promised Land to the writer. Contents include: PREFACE v PART I THE
ANCESTORS ARNDT KRUPE 3 THE ARMS DEALER 5 THE THREE BROTHERS 8 THE
FIRST IRONWORKS 12 PART II THE FOUNDER SMUGGLER AND SPECULATOR 19
THE BANKRUPT 28 PART III THE CANNON KING THE COMING OF STEAM 39
OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS 43 THE BOOM IN RAILS 52 THE FIRST GUN 60 BLOOD
AND IRON 68 ON BOTH SIDES 76 OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR 88 THE
HOME OF His ANCESTORS 96 THE INDUSTRIAL CRISIS 104 BLOODY
INTERNATIONAL 113 SOCIAL ANXIETIES 120 LAST STRUGGLES 129 LONELY
DEATH 145 PART IV THE HEIR ARMOUR PLATE AND CANNON 153 THE NAVY ERA
161 KRUPP, MEMBER OF TH% REICHSTAG 171 CONCERNING THE RECOIL
CYLINDER 180 THE LEAP IN THE DARK 190 CAPRI 202 viii CONTENTS PART
V THE KRUPP A.-G. THE LIMITED COMPANY PAGE THE GIANT GROWS 223
PARLIAMENT AND ARMOUR PROFITEERING 233 CONFLICT WITH LE CREUSOT 244
PRINCE CONSORT VON BOHLEN 253 THE GREAT PANIC 263 KORNWALZER 2/ 4
THE DOWNFALL OF EHRHARDT 287 THE DUEL OF THE GIANTS 297 ON THE EVE
313 THE WAR 322 THE CONVERSION 356 SECRET ARMS 377 THE CRISIS You
NEED 385 FORWARD OVER GRAVES 397 BIBLIOGRAPHY 409 INDEX 4x5. PART
I: THE ANCESTORS. Arndt Krupe-The Arms Dealer-The Three Brothers
The First Ironworks THE ANCESTORS ARNDT KRUPE IN 1599, theyear of
the Plague, a small German city near the right bank of the Rhine
staggered through the horror in the grip of the Black Death.
Flourishing fami lies were wiped out overnight; entire streets, the
chroni clers relate, looked like graveyards in their sad deser
tion. In the midst of this distracted heap of humanity the wine
merchant on Salt Market kept his head. Property and money had lost
their meaning for most of those who survived, but he made the best
of death and pur chased for a few dialers extensive gardens and ...
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