Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and The Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund, Updated Second Edition Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and The Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund, Updated Second Edition

Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and The Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund, Updated Second Edition

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Publisher Description

In the late 1930s, the German–American Bund, led by its popinjay dictator Fritz Kuhn, was a small but powerful national movement in pre-World War II America, determined to conquer the United States government with a fascist dictatorship. They met in private social halls and beer garden backrooms, gathered at private resorts and public rallies, developed their own version of the SS and Hitler Youth, published a national newspaper and―for a brief moment of their own imagined glory―seemed poised to make an impact on American politics. 

But while the American Nazi leadership dreamed of their swastika nation, an amalgamation of politicians, a rising legal star, an ego-charged newspaper columnist, and denizens of the criminal underworld utilized their respective means and muscle to bring down the movement and its dreams of a United Reich States.

Swastika Nation is a story of bad guys, good guys, and a few guys who fell somewhere in-between. The rise and fall of Fritz Kuhn and his German-American Bund at the hands of these disparate fighters is a sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing, and always compelling story from start to finish.

This updated edition includes newly uncovered material, plus an introduction by the author. In our post-Charlottesville era, the story of the German-American Bund is more relevant than ever, the subject of new documentaries, news stories, and other discussions by people who care about the future of our democracy.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2024
January 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
514
Pages
PUBLISHER
Arnie Bernstein
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
638.3
KB

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