Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party [Paperback]

William H. Schmaltz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2000

This book is actually pretty hellish. Being a biography of George Lincoln Rockwell, Commander of The American Nazi Party. It tells of his life and death and all the battles in between. I have read the book, and it is often suprisingly humorous, and pleasantly impartial, which I was not expecting either. The tale of the American Nazi Party is something that could be made into a movie, were it not for the uniquely "sinister" treatment by the media of what a Nazi is. The author obviously went to extraordinary lengths to compile all the book's information, including many rare and amazing photographs, some of which makes Rockwell and his men appear particularly clever and brave, but often times rather ridiculous. One thing is certain, that they were indeed "the real thing"!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Critically important...students of political extremism in the United States are more than well served by Schmaltz's chronicle." -- Library Journal

About the Author

"William Schmaltz is a native of St. Paul and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He lives in Stillwater, Minnesota, with his wife and three children."

Product Details

• Paperback: 388 pages
• Publisher: Brasseys Inc (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574882627
• ISBN-13: 978-1574882629
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a fabulous history of the American Nazi party., September 24, 1999

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This review is from: Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (Hardcover)

This work presents Commander Rockwell as a real person, warts and all. It is the most complete volume I have ever seen about the White Power movement of the 1960s. It is for the most part unbiased and presents most of this thrilling saga without the left wing hand wringing that usually goes along with a work on this subject. My complaints are few: More pictures are needed for a book like this. There is a heavy reliance upon Rockwell's book,"This Time The World" and some of it is not correctly rendered in "Hate". There is not enough emphasis on the last 2 years of Rockwell's life which were probably the most important ones. I can still say that I highly recomend this book to anyone interested in the subject.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, September 9, 2005

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This review is from: Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (Paperback)

After all these years George Lincoln Rockwell still remains one of the most interesting figures to appear on the white nationalist scene. Son of a famous in his day vaudeville performer, went to an ivy league school, flew missions in ww2 and Korea, married to the daughter of the Icelandic ambassador to the United States, a talented artist and cartoonist, the list goes on and on. Rockwell really is someone who could have been a success at almost anything he chose to in life and is not the typical maladjusted freak that often gravitates toward white nationalism in its various forms.

Schmaltz has written a very fair and unbiased account of Rockwell and his "stormtroopers", who were a menage of brawlers, ex-cons and misfits along with some genuinly talented individuals. Rockwell in many ways was like a great pro wrestling heel with his agitation techniques, he inflamed crowds beyond the boiling point to out and out brawling riots many a time, but he also often won over initially hostile crowds using his sense of humor, (Rockwell was a VERY funny guy!) He was also the first public figure in the white nationalist scene to reject and ridicule the right wing, he was the first to draw alliances with black radicals (he had meetings with Malcolm X and was a guest speaker at NOI rallies a few times) so he was and actually still is a man years ahead of his time in many ways. The life of Rockwell is covered in this book from childhood to his assassination at the hands of one of his most dedicated followers in a very fair, unbiased, and fascinating account of the life and times of GLR.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Biography of Rockwell, June 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hate: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (Hardcover)

I waited until Simonelli's competing book came out before making this review. Schmaltz's book is much better, bigger, more interesting, and, although Schmaltz is no Rockwell fan, more balanced.

This is relatively unbiased biography of Rockwell's fearless attempts to gain power, exploits to gain publicity, stormtroopers, lieutenants, management difficulties, assassination, and the methods his enemies used against him.

This book takes you inside the American Nazi Party HQ with details on the inside power struggles and the abject poverty in which Rockwell and his followers lived. It also provides many interesting stories of the confrontations of with the police, hostile crowds, and college audiences. Also of interest is the illegal methods the FBI used against Rockwell and the attempts of the Jewish groups to keep the news media from reporting about Rockwell.

This fascinating book is one you'll finish. Its only weak spot is that it doesn't tell why Rockwell believed what he did. Schmaltz apparently left that for Rockwell to tell in his own book "White Power," which is still available.