Mises in America
 Ludwig and Margit came to America on the S.S. Europe |
In chapter 18 of Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism, Jörg Guido Hülsmann writes, "On August 3, 1940 the S.S. Europe docked in New York City. Mises had not been there since 1931 when he had attended a conference of the International Chamber of Commerce in the midst of the Great Depression. In that year, he had come as a distinguished representative. Now he arrived almost empty-handed. Fifty-eight years old, he had to start his life anew. The worst year of his life lay ahead." FULL ARTICLE
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Very Good History...However some of the events covered were pre Dec 7, 1941 and the future was uncertain.
"Planning for after the war still occupied a prominent place in Mises's work. On May 20, 1941, he reported to Young..."
Was the outcome of the war known before the United States entered it? After all, Hitler most likely would have conquered Europe without the United States' intervention.
Published: October 20, 2007 5:07 PM
Many revisionists, and some others, would argue that as early as August 1941, when Hitler invaded Russia, he was destined to lose. No one has conquered Russia from the east. The vast majority of European fighting was on that front. Hitler couldn't defeat the Red Army or the Russian Winter. The US entry into the war (most of which was involved in the Pacific) helped to shift the balance to the allies, but this likely only meant that in defeating himself in Russia, Hitler couldn't exact the same damage upon Stalin's regime as he would have. So it's possible US entry only helped Stalin survive. But Hitler would have lost that war regardless. At any rate, given that he couldn't cross the English channel and defeat Britain, it's very hard to fathom how he could have taken both England AND Russia and the rest of Europe. Indeed, Britain wasn't even using all its military might to beat back the Nazis -- it still maintained its own overseas empire all over the world, not as violent as Hitler's, but more expansive. If Britain had really needed to, it could have relied on that. But it didn't need to bring those troops home. Hitler couldn't beat the British, and he couldn't conquer Russia, let alone all of Europe.
Published: October 20, 2007 6:48 PM