Stephen P. Halbrook Livres

Presents the history of how the Nazi regime used laws restricting firearms ownership to disarm and repress its enemies and consolidate power which rendered political opponents defenseless.

Focusing on the historical significance of the right to bear and carry arms, this scholarly study explores its importance to Americans before, during, and after the Founding era. It challenges the narratives of anti-gun advocates who seek to alter the historical context and diminish the lived experiences of the Founding generation regarding firearms. The work provides a comprehensive examination of this right, emphasizing its enduring relevance in American culture and law.

The book delves into the contentious debate of whether newly-freed slaves could be trusted with firearms in 1866, linking this historical issue to contemporary gun-control discussions. It presents a thorough analysis of the framers' intentions behind the Fourteenth Amendment and Reconstruction-era civil rights laws, emphasizing their aim to safeguard the right to bear arms alongside other Bill of Rights protections. Notably, it highlights the paradox that the Second Amendment is often excluded from the protections recognized under the Fourteenth Amendment by federal courts.

"Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940. In every occupied town, Nazi soldiers put up posters that demanded that civilians surrender their firearms within twenty-four hours or else be shot. Despite the consequences, many French citizens refused to comply with the order. In Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance, Stephen P. Halbrook tells this story of Nazi repression and the brave French men and women who refused to surrender to it. Taking advantage of a prewar 1935 French gun registration law, the Nazis used registration records kept by the French police to easily locate gun owners to enforce their demand that firearms be surrendered. Countless French citizens faced firing squads for refusing to comply. But many French citizens had resisted the 1935 decree, preventing the Nazis from fully enforcing the confiscation order. Throughout the Nazi occupation, the French Resistance grew, arming itself to conduct resistance activities and fight back against the occupation. Drawing on records of the German occupation and testimonies from members of the French resistance, Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France is the first book to focus on the Nazis' efforts to disarm the French"--

Countless books have been written on the military history of World War II, however astonishingly little information has appeared about the one country that stared the Nazis down and refused to become an accomplice to the horrors of the Third Reich. This book provides an objective, year-by-year account of Switzerland's military role in World War II, including her defensive strategies, details of Nazi invasion plans, and Switzerland's moral, material and humanitarian links to the Allies. Swiss neutrality in World War II has been criticized in recent years, but the country was entirely surrounded by Axis powers and managed, as revealed here, to render considerable assistance to the Allies.

This book tells the long misunderstood story of Switzerland in World War II with emphasis on two voices rarely heard. One is that of scores of Swiss who lived in those dark years, as they repeatedly mobilized to defend the country and helped refugees. The other voice is that of Nazi Intelligence, which spied on the Swiss and planned subversion and