Swastika Nation Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund |
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Author:
| Bernstein, Arnie |
ISBN: | 978-1-250-05601-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | Picador
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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Imagine a United States where swastikas hang proudly in meeting rooms across the country. Cries ofSieg Heil! resound at rural family retreats. A dictator pontificates at Madison Square Garden to an overflowing crowd for a Nuremberg-style rally.
This is not alternative historical fiction; this is the true story of the German-American Bund. In the late 1930s, the Bund, led by Fritz Kuhn, was a small but powerful national movement, determined to conquer the U.S....
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Imagine a United States where swastikas hang proudly in meeting rooms across the country. Cries ofSieg Heil! resound at rural family retreats. A dictator pontificates at Madison Square Garden to an overflowing crowd for a Nuremberg-style rally.
This is not alternative historical fiction; this is the true story of the German-American Bund. In the late 1930s, the Bund, led by Fritz Kuhn, was a small but powerful national movement, determined to conquer the U.S. government with a fascist dictatorship. However, the Bundist dream of a swastika nation attracted powerful foes. Many larger-than-life figures--including New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia; the newly formed Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities; newspaper columnist Walter Winchell; and Jewish mobsters Meyer Lansky and Mickey Cohen--brought Kuhn and the German-American Bund to an inglorious end.
Arnie Bernstein'sSwastika Nation is a story of bad guys, good guys, and a few guys in between. The rise and fall of Fritz Kuhn and his German-American Bund is a sometimes funny, sometimes harrowing, always compelling story from start to finish, a vibrant narrative of a forgotten corner of American history.