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Author Johnson, Brian, 1973 February 7- author.

Title The Nazi card : Nazi comparisons at the beginning of the Cold War / Brian Johnson
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

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Contents Introduction: Nazism as an epitome of evil for American ethics -- From Hun to Holocaust: American's depiction of Nazism before and after camp liberation -- America über alles: the promise of an American postwar -- Are you now or have you ever been: Nazism and the second Red Scare -- Pod people and swastikas: Nazism and images of the Communist threat -- The matinee war: selling the war against Communism with the Nazis of World War II -- White power, Black power: the use of Nazi analogy in civil rights and Black power rhetoric -- Conclusion: the repercussions of ubiquity
Summary This book examines major political movements during the Cold War through the rhetorical trope of the Nazi analogy. The examination pits ideas concerning utopian and dystopian social orders against the problems associated with reproducing rhetorical tropes throughout the various agencies of mass American culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Influence
SUBJECT Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 fast
Subject National socialism in popular culture -- United States
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Cold War -- Political aspects
Cold War -- Social aspects
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism.
Anti-communist movements
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
National socialism in popular culture
Social aspects
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017011565
ISBN 9781498532914
1498532918