Thomas Kehoe
Thomas is currently a research fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia. His current research examines crime and law enforcement during periods of post-conflict reconstruction and nation-building, with a particular focus on the long history of US military occupation.
He completed a PhD in history and criminology at the University of Melbourne in 2015. He has taught extensively around Australia, including lecturing in modern history at humanities at The University of New England, and The Australian Catholic University, and The University of Melbourne. His first position post-PhD was in Learning and Teaching at Swinburne University of Technology, where he was responsible for academic development, course design, and enhancing blended learning in the Faculty of Health, Arts, and Design. In this role, he conceptualised a course improvement program now used across the university.
He completed a PhD in history and criminology at the University of Melbourne in 2015. He has taught extensively around Australia, including lecturing in modern history at humanities at The University of New England, and The Australian Catholic University, and The University of Melbourne. His first position post-PhD was in Learning and Teaching at Swinburne University of Technology, where he was responsible for academic development, course design, and enhancing blended learning in the Faculty of Health, Arts, and Design. In this role, he conceptualised a course improvement program now used across the university.
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Tobacco (BAT). This article uses new archival documents to show how
BAT successfully navigated political and social obstacles in militaryoccupied
Germany (1945–1948) to become the leading non-German
tobacco concern in West Germany. It reveals BAT’s lobbying strategy
used a ‘revolving door’ with the British and American occupation
administrations and a targeted message that aligned with changing
military priorities. This coordinated approach allowed BAT to overcome
military resistance to big business, oppose high tobacco taxes, and
push for greater foreign tobacco imports. It ultimately helped the
company lay foundations for expansion.
quantitative study suggests lower rates of violent criminality and Jose Canoy found fear of crime may have exaggerated perceptions of violence. Both studies reveal how little is known about criminality during the early occupation. This article seeks to clarify divergent accounts
by examining new records from German and American archives, and providing a more comprehensive account of criminal violence in the US Zone during the transition from war to peace, March to July 1945. This narrow window of time complements a well-documented
increase in American-perpetrated violent crime. The present study uses data of civilian criminality alongside discovery of higher rates of American crime. It reveals a wave of severe disorder that Military Government rapidly brought under control. But in the process, Germans were disempowered and left at the mercy of American soldiers. Consequently, society remained violent even as civilians were forced to live by tight military standards.
misquotations, and falsifications of our work.
[Forthcoming] Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2016), 1-33.
Tobacco (BAT). This article uses new archival documents to show how
BAT successfully navigated political and social obstacles in militaryoccupied
Germany (1945–1948) to become the leading non-German
tobacco concern in West Germany. It reveals BAT’s lobbying strategy
used a ‘revolving door’ with the British and American occupation
administrations and a targeted message that aligned with changing
military priorities. This coordinated approach allowed BAT to overcome
military resistance to big business, oppose high tobacco taxes, and
push for greater foreign tobacco imports. It ultimately helped the
company lay foundations for expansion.
quantitative study suggests lower rates of violent criminality and Jose Canoy found fear of crime may have exaggerated perceptions of violence. Both studies reveal how little is known about criminality during the early occupation. This article seeks to clarify divergent accounts
by examining new records from German and American archives, and providing a more comprehensive account of criminal violence in the US Zone during the transition from war to peace, March to July 1945. This narrow window of time complements a well-documented
increase in American-perpetrated violent crime. The present study uses data of civilian criminality alongside discovery of higher rates of American crime. It reveals a wave of severe disorder that Military Government rapidly brought under control. But in the process, Germans were disempowered and left at the mercy of American soldiers. Consequently, society remained violent even as civilians were forced to live by tight military standards.
misquotations, and falsifications of our work.
[Forthcoming] Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2016), 1-33.