Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-11-06
Books mentioned on Part One: The Birth of American Fascism
In episode 30, Robert is joined again by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss how fascism started in America. It is a well-established fact that fascism can rise to dominate a democratic nation from relatively humble beginnings.
Robert Evans discussed Is Capitalism Doomed? by Lawrence Dennis, The Coming American Fascism by Lawrence Dennis, Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W. Hart, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski, Swastika Nation by Arnie Bernstein, and The Death of Democracy by Benjamin Carter Hett.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
-
Is Capitalism Doomed?
Discussed“In 1932, in the depth of the depression, he wrote his first book, Is Capitalism Doomed? Lawrence worried that it was and that the void left by its absence would be filled by something tremendously destructive like communism.”
Where to get it
-
The Coming American Fascism
Discussed“Lawrence Dennis published his second book, The Coming American Fascism. His basic argument was that fascism was preferable to communism, and the depression had proved that capitalism could not possibly continue.”
Where to get it
-
Hitler's American Friends
Hitler's American Friends by Bradley W.
Discussed“Here's a quote from the wonderful book Hitler's American Friends that inspired part of this podcast. Quote, he experienced a vision of being whisked away through a bluish mist.”
Where to get it
-
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor, E.
Discussed“Towner lectures sometimes included readings from an infamously debunked tract embraced by violent anti-Semites even today, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
Where to get it
-
Ham On Rye
Discussed“Now, I bet you're all wondering just what the [ __ ] went on in America's Nazi summer camps? Good news, Charles Bukowski went to one as a kid and wrote extensively about the experience. He became a member of the Bund in 1938 at age 18 and remained one until the outbreak of war in 1941. Later in life,”
Where to get it
-
Swastika Nation
Discussed“In the book Swastika Nation, Arnie Bernstein writes, "The unprecedented event was really intended to be the German American Bund's apotheosis, proof positive to America and the world as well as Berlin that the American Nazis were here to stay."”
Where to get it
-
The Death of Democracy
The Death of Democracy is a historical work by Benjamin Carter Hett that examines the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany.
Discussed“We will save the explicitly political stuff in the end of part two, but this book, Hitler's American Friends, is the second book that I talked about heavily on this podcast this year, the first being The Death of Democracy, both of which are written by scholars and historians who focus on the history of the Third Reich and the”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“It was also the year Hitler spent in prison putting the finishing touches on Mein Kampf, and it was the year that the National Socialist Teutonia Association was founded in Detroit, Michigan.”
“John Winrod was also a huge fan of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and of course of Father Coughlin.”