Breaking The Code To The Catcher In The Rye discussion

It has been my belief that the Catcher in the Rye was written for the purpose of warning men, boys not to get involved in war. That the wars are a rouse for Wall Street and others to make money on.

Today I was studying Albert Cumas on wiki and ran across the phase "Phoney War".

There are 33 uses of the word phoney in the book The Catcher in the Rye

I have written about the first use here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Today I came across something I had not heard of, concerning WW2...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney...

The term "Phoney War" was possibly coined by US Senator William Borah who stated, in September 1939: "There is something phoney about this war."[2]

General Siegfried Westphal stated, that if the French had attacked in force in September 1939 the German army "could only have held out for one or two weeks."[7]

At the Nuremberg Trials, German military commander Alfred Jodl said that "if we did not collapse already in the year 1939 that was due only to the fact that during the Polish campaign, the approximately 110 French and British divisions in the West were held completely inactive against the 23 German divisions."[6]

The Saar Offensive was a French attack into that region defended by the German 1st Army in the early stages of World War II. Its purpose was to assist Poland, which was then under attack. However, the assault was stopped after a few kilometres and the French forces withdrew.
A French offensive in the Rhine river valley area (Saar Offensive) started on 7 September, four days after France declared war on Germany.

On 12 September, the Anglo French Supreme War Council gathered for the first time at Abbeville. It was decided that all offensive actions were to be halted immediately as the French opted to fight a defensive war, forcing the Germans to come to them.

that the major offensive on the western front planned for 17–20 September had to be postponed. At the same time, French divisions were ordered to withdraw to their barracks along the Maginot Line.

The Phoney War had begun.

Were they trying to say that the allies purposely let the Germans off the hook?
Or was it just incompetence and bad decisions?

Matthew wrote: "Were they trying to say that the allies purposely let the Germans off the hook?
Or was it just incompetence and bad decisions?"


Well if the war had not continued America could not have time to enter it. Since they had been tooling up since the 1920, it would seem to me a set-up.

See this link to show the preparation:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I have another post that I need to write this week to tie some of my thoughts together. Stay tune!

Edward wrote: "US would have attacked Spain to get at Germany."


Interesting thought. What is more interesting is how Franco managed to stay out of the war.

Matthew wrote: "Interesting thought. What is more interesting is how Franco managed to stay out of the war. ."

Have you read this book?

Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler

I have not but I would like to. I Googled "Spain WW2 conspiracy" and a site I am not totally familiar with referenced this book. Since this confirms my study of the Catcher In The Rye I am intrigued to say the least.

Cosmic wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Interesting thought. What is more interesting is how Franco managed to stay out of the war. ."

Have you read this book?

Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler

Or this article? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004...

Google "Spain WW2 conspiracy" . Wars are designed to benefit certain people. " The richer the school the more crooks it has."

Edward wrote: "Years ago I saw a Jean Luc Godard movie I haven't been able to relocate. At any rate the plotline was that the government of France would post phony films of a war going on somewhere, and use that ..."

I think this resonates with what Salinger is trying to say with all the references to the different media and artist. Have you read The 39 Steps? This book contains things in it that are intertextually mentioned in the Catcher.