The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich
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The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich is a book by the Canadian
Canada
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 journalist and Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...

 researcher Max Wallace
Max Wallace
-Who Killed Kurt Cobain?:Wallace coauthored the international bestseller Who Killed Kurt Cobain? with Ian Halperin in 1998, .-Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain:...

, published in 2003. The book discusses the anti-Semitic views of Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...

 and Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...

, their connection with Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

 and their influence on American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and international politics, mainly during the interwar period
Interwar period
Interwar period can refer to any period between two wars. The Interbellum is understood to be the period between the end of the Great War or First World War and the beginning of the Second World War in Europe....

. The book is thoroughly researched and contains many largely unknown and disturbing facts about two of the most famous Americans of the 20th century. Ford and Lindbergh's fame in particular is viewed by Wallace with suspicion, and he argues that their popular position in history as exemplary, albeit flawed, role model
Role model
The term role model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behaviour is emulated by others".The term first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students...

s should be reviewed.

Sources

  • Max Wallace
    Max Wallace
    -Who Killed Kurt Cobain?:Wallace coauthored the international bestseller Who Killed Kurt Cobain? with Ian Halperin in 1998, .-Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain:...

    : The American Axis: Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich, ISBN 0-312-33531-8
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