The Beast ReawakensIf you thought Nazism died with Hitler, think again. In The Beast Reawakens, journalist Martin A. Lee documents the revival of fascist ideals from the wake of the Second World War to recent violent incidents in Europe and America. Defeated in war, many Nazis built new and profitable lives for themselves, stirring political intrigue and serving as role models to a new generation of white supremacists like Americans Francis Parker Yockey, whose book Imperium became the bible of anti-Semitism, and Willis Carto, who continues to run several ostensibly mainstream policy groups that deny the Holocaust ever took place. Often forced underground yet certain of their cause, this second generation of extremists can be linked to such recent violence as the Oklahoma City bombings, the shocking lynching of James Byrd in Jasper, Texas, and the abortion clinic bombings by Eric Rudolf, who remains a fugitive. With extraordinary detail and insight, The Beast Reawakens examines the many strands of rightwing extremism worldwide to put the current fascist resurgence in contemporary perspective. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | xiii |
Introduction | 3 |
Endgames | 18 |
Gehlens Gambit | 33 |
The Seesaw Strategy | 46 |
Playing the Eastern Card | 63 |
Golden Handcuffs | 77 |
The Man with Many Aliases | 91 |
Cadre Building | 258 |
Capitulation | 272 |
Territorial Imperative | 290 |
Courting Mother Russia | 304 |
Here Come the National Bolsheviks | 311 |
Dreaming of a New Rapallo | 323 |
From the Margins to the Mainstream | 331 |
Aryan Machinations | 337 |
The Flying Ace | 109 |
The Swastika and the Crescent | 121 |
The Wrath of the Red Hand | 139 |
Nostalgics and Revisionists | 155 |
The China Option | 168 |
Twilight of the Idols | 183 |
Armies of the Right | 199 |
Browns and Greens | 214 |
Before the Deluge | 231 |
Paramilitaries and Poison Gas | 245 |
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