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Details Nazi & fascist penetration of American politics, June 15, 1999
At the end of World War II, the U.S. government secretly brought many Nazis into the U.S. As detailed in "Quiet Neighbors" and other books examining the U.S. government's program for infiltrating Nazis into the U.S., these Nazis quietly integrated themselves into the American socio-political system. Bellant examines the penetration by Nazis and fascists of the American political system, focusing specifically on how Nazis and fascists have gained influence and leadership positions in the Republican Party. While the book needs to be revised and updated, it is excellent in presenting the underlying foundation of the Reagan and Bush presidencies. Valuable reading for anyone seeking to understand the agenda of the Republican right.
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22 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent research and clarifies the far right's delusions, November 4, 2004
This review is from: Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party: Domestic fascist networks and their effect on U.S. cold war politics (Paperback)
This book is very understandable. It draws a direct connect between the fascist ideology and today's radical right. I recommend this book so people can understand just how dangerous the far right is in the U.S.A.
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Trotting Out the Same Old Bogy Man, June 6, 2010
This review is from: Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party: Domestic fascist networks and their effect on U.S. cold war politics (Paperback)
The book, as the names suggests, attempts to link the Republicans Party to diehard old Nazis and their ideological kindreds bent on recreating a new Fourth Reich in America. Personally, I have no doubt that there are, or rather, were Nazis in the Republican Party following World War II (and just as likely in the Democratic Party too). After all, thanks to declassified documents, we know the US Government, following the end of the Second World War, and the onset of the Cold War, aided hundreds, if not thousands of former Nazis and Nazi sympathizers escape the punishment they would have otherwise faced. Some of these were spymasters whom the US Government thought could be useful in the anticipated conflict to come against Russia.
Operation Paperclip, for example, began under President Truman (a Democrat), and was responsible for bringing out Nazi scientists to work on missile development, and later, the American space program. Other secret US Government programs, however, brought out engineers, military planners and designers, other scientists, and simple bureaucrats. At the same time, the US Government turned a blind eye as other high ranking Nazis making their way to places such as Egypt, Syria, Iran, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Frankly, I found the author's attempt to somehow demonize the Republican Party overly transparent. Saying there were Nazis, or even a influx of Germans in the Republican Party after 1945 is like a conservative writer trying prove that there were Socialist in Labor Movement in the 1920's or 1930's or Communists in the Democratic Party during the 1930's through the 1950's. That these old Nazis continue to ply their efforts at turning the Republican Party into a Nazi front to be on the absurd.
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