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Nazis of Copley Square - The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front (Hardcover): Charles Gallagher

Nazis of Copley Square - The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front (Hardcover)

Charles Gallagher

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Winner of a Catholic Media Association Book Award The forgotten history of American terrorists who, in the name of God, conspired to overthrow the government and formed an alliance with Hitler. On January 13, 1940, FBI agents burst into the homes and offices of seventeen members of the Christian Front, seizing guns, ammunition, and homemade bombs. J. Edgar Hoover's charges were incendiary: the group, he alleged, was planning to incite a revolution and install a "temporary dictatorship" in order to stamp out Jewish and Communist influence in the United States. Interviewed in his jail cell, the front's ringleader was unbowed: "All I can say is-long live Christ the King! Down with Communism!" In Nazis of Copley Square, Charles Gallagher provides a crucial missing chapter in the history of the American far right. The men of the Christian Front imagined themselves as crusaders fighting for the spiritual purification of the nation, under assault from godless Communism, and they were hardly alone in their beliefs. The front traced its origins to vibrant global Catholic theological movements of the early twentieth century, such as the Mystical Body of Christ and Catholic Action. The front's anti-Semitism was inspired by Sunday sermons and by lay leaders openly espousing fascist and Nazi beliefs. Gallagher chronicles the evolution of the front, the transatlantic cloak-and-dagger intelligence operations that subverted it, and the mainstream political and religious leaders who shielded the front's activities from scrutiny. Nazis of Copley Square is a grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a warning for those who hope to curb the spread of far-right ideologies today.

General

Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2021
Authors: Charles Gallagher
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-98371-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
Books > Christianity > Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
LSN: 0-674-98371-8
Barcode: 9780674983717

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