Hitler's American friends : the Third Reich's supporters in the United States / Bradley W. Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Bradley W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Public opinion.

Hitler, Adolf.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.

German American Bund--History.

German American Bund.

Antisemitism.

History.

Fascism.

Public opinion.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

Politics and government.

Germany--Foreign public opinion, American--History--20th century.

Germany.

National socialism--Public opinion.

National socialism.

Fascism--United States--History--20th century.

Antisemitism--United States--History--20th century.

United States--Relations--Germany.

Relations.

Germany--Relations--United States.

Public opinion--United States--History--20th century.

International relations.

Public opinion, American.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Third Reich's supporters in the United States

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Summary:

"A book examining the strange terrain of Nazi sympathizers, nonintervention campaigners and other voices in America who advocated on behalf of Nazi Germany in the years before World War II. Americans who remember World War II reminisce about how it brought the country together. The less popular truth behind this warm nostalgia: until the attack on Pearl Harbor, America was deeply, dangerously divided. Bradley W. Hart's Hitler's American Friends exposes the homegrown antagonists who sought to protect and promote Hitler, leave Europeans (and especially European Jews) to fend for themselves, and elevate the Nazi regime. Some of these friends were Americans of German heritage who joined the Bund, whose leadership dreamed of installing a stateside Führer. Some were as bizarre and hair-raising as the Silver Shirt Legion, run by an eccentric who claimed that Hitler fulfilled a religious prophesy. Some were Midwestern Catholics like Father Charles Coughlin, an early right-wing radio star who broadcast anti-Semitic tirades. They were even members of Congress who used their franking privilege--sending mail at cost to American taxpayers--to distribute German propaganda. And celebrity pilot Charles Lindbergh ended up speaking for them all at the America First Committee. We try to tell ourselves it couldn't happen here, but Americans are not immune to the lure of fascism. Hitler's American Friends is a powerful look at how the forces of evil manipulate ordinary people, how we stepped back from the ledge, and the disturbing ease with which we could return to it."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Bund

The Silver Legion and the chief

The religious right

The senators

The businessmen

The students

America First!

The spies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781250148957

1250148952

OCLC:

1016968503