{"product_id":"free-to-obey-johann-chapoutot-9781609458041","title":"Free to Obey: How the Nazis Invented Modern Management","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the rules of modern capitalism were written during the Third Reich?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReinhard Hn (1904-2000) was a commander of the SS, one of Nazi Germany's most brilliant legal minds, and an archetype of the fervid technocrats and intellectuals that built the Third Reich. Following Germany's defeat, after a few years in hiding, he emerged in the early 1950s as the founder and director of a renowned management school in Lower Saxony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHn's story wouldn't be very different from that of many other prominent Nazis if not for the fact that a vast number of Germany's postwar business leaders--more than 600,000 executives--were educated at his management school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating book, Johann Chapoutot, one of France's most brilliant historians, traces the profound links between Nazism and the principles of modern corporate management, our definitions of success, and a concept of personal freedom that masks rigid hierarchical structures of power and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the most gifted European historians of his generation.\"--Timothy Snyder, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Chapoutot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609458044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609458041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Compass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Johann Chapoutot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068818092287,"sku":"9781609458041","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4732b929-a01f-4893-a668-69d56d417988.jpg?v=1685421171","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-to-obey-johann-chapoutot-9781609458041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}