In 1941, the country
was divided. Some people supported Hitler, some wanted to avoid war,
and some wanted to support Britain. The opening to Hart’s book
details the three perspectives on WWII. I found it fascinating. Being
too young to remember the news, I found that there were many things I
had missed in the lead up to WWII.
Britain assuredly
wanted the support of the US and had agents, including those from
IM6, operating in the country. What I didn’t realize was how
organized the Nazis were in the US. Hart’s chapters discuss the
Nazi organizations that were in the US prior to WWII. They include
information of the Bund, a primarily German organization; the Silver
Legion; The Religious Right, primarily Father Coughlin’s Christian
Front; senators who supported Nazi Germany to keep the US out of the
war; businessmen who supported the Nazis for profit; students who
were sucked into the Nazi propaganda through their universities;
America First, which supported Charles Lindberg; and the spies who
stole military secrets to support the German regime.
The book is easy to
read and is supported by copious research. If you’re interested in
the pre-WWII era in the US, you will enjoy this book. I found it
particularly interesting because I didn’t realize how divided the
US was prior to WWII. One tends to think of the divides of one’s
own era, but this book suggests that we have always been a people who
think for themselves which leads to social divides.
I recommend this
book. It’s well written; we’ll researched; and will give you a
view of America at at another crossroads.
I received this book
form Net Galley for this review.
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