American Swastika: The Shocking Story of Nazi Collaborators in Our Midst from 1933 to the Present Day

by Charles Higham

Chronicles the relationship between Americans and the Nazis from the 1930s to the present, examining the activities of Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. government, the Catholic Church, and other facets of American life

332 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 1985

About the author

Charles Higham was an author and poet. Higham was a recipient of the Prix des Créateurs of the Académie Française and the Poetry Society of London Prize.

Reviews

[Ruppert Baird · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 1920s and 30s saw a rise in the ideas of fascism and its Nazism offshoot around the world. The apparently amazing successes of Mussolini and Hitler in taking struggling nations toward strength and steadiness, especially during the depths of the Great Depression got many peoples' attention. It was certainly no different in the US.

And like many debunked political theories, even today we see hard-core believers who cling to the basic principals of the theories of Nazism, fascism, communism, etc., etc.

This book, though a bit dry and clunky, does make a solid effort to trace Nazism, its adherents, and its collaborators in America. Not as good as it could have been, but still not a bad effort.