Unholy Alliance [Paperback]

Peter Levenda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

Follows the author's discovery of Nazi involvement with the occult, explaining how the Nazi High Command, building its foundation on the policies of Hitler, sought to exploit the occult for political and military purposes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 407 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380777223
• ISBN-13: 978-0380777228
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,876 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Levenda was born in the Bronx and lived in New York, Indiana, Chicago, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island before going to Malaysia where he lived for seven years. He has an MA in Religious Studies and Asian Studies, and has worked as an IT executive in China, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Europe (he became involved in China trade in 1984). He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the T.E. Lawrence Society, and is a charter member of the Norman Mailer Society.

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must" for the serious student of Nazi occultism!, June 12, 1999

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This review is from: Unholy Alliance (Paperback)

This is an excellent book, with good notes and documentation. With this and Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke's books, one gets a chilling, detailed look at occultism in Nazism. This one of a very few books in the English language to deal with this question in a scholarly manner, and should be in every school, university, and public library.

I wish that the author had cited the location of certain items/documentation that he'd consulted in the National Archives, most notably the 8+ page segment on runes. But this shouldn't take away at all from the impact of this book. I was particularly interested in the SS survival in South America.... doubtless, there are survivals elsewhere in the world.

I recommend this book most highly to the serious student of the Nazi world.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars People Must Know!, February 27, 2001

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This review is from: Unholy Alliance (Paperback)

I have read Mr. Levenda's book several times. It is my "Bible" in regard to the occult background of the Third Reich. I am sure that any book that presents a side of history that some people would rather hide (modern Theosophists, Wiccans, New Agers, etc.) is likely to be controversial. However, Levenda has presented vast documentation of the roots of Nazism as a "cult" as well as a political movement. I agree with the previous reviewer that this information should be taught in schools alongside dates, battles, and the usual "stuff."

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Instant Classic, December 8, 1999

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This review is from: Unholy Alliance (Paperback)

This book documents the connections between a number of occult belief systems and their influence on Nazi ideology. It also traces the Nazi movement's activities as they continued their activities after the war. Anyone who is interested in what is going on beneath the veneer of modern media needs to read this book.