num_pages: 312
description: Hitchcock mentioned IG FARBEN in his latest spy movie “Notorious”, and a shiver of apprehension ran through audiences throughout the country. For IF has become a synonum for “war maker” and “international spy”.How much of this reputation is deserved? How much of its influence remains? Is IG FARBEN still a threat to the peace of the World?These are some of the questions Sasuly answer in his exciting account of how, when, and where IG exercised its power, and what is happening to that power now.As Russ Nixon states it: “Richard Sasuly has taken the king-pin of them all – IG Farben of Germany – and written a true mistery thriller, exposing the international intrigue which brought the greatest war in history”.IG FARBEN controlled more than 380 other firms scattered over Germany, along with over 500 firms in foreign countries. It manufactured 43 major products and distributed them throughout the world. Its economic influence was unrivaled and the story of its purely business machinations is fascinating reading. IG FARBEN was party to at least 2,000 cartel agreements. As the world’s most powerful cartel, it exercised a political influence greater than that of any other business firm in the world – not excepting the enormous American, British and Dutch oil combines.Richard Sasuly’s book is not an international spy story, though much of what is disclosed reads like one. It is a thoroughly documented account which every businessman should read, for in it is disclosed how IG reached out into Europe, South America and the United States to ruin or gain control oh whole areas of business. It is a story every veteran should read, for it tells how IG used its power in ways that led inevitably to two wars in which we had to fight. It is a story every young woman should read, for the author places his finger on the events which may lead to a third world war into which her children would be drawn.
language: English
title: IG Farben
titlecomplete: IG Farben
genres: World War II
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Boni & Gaer