Rachel Maddow, frequent host and commentator on MSNBC, has done an inestimable service to America by recounting in her latest book, Prequel, the perilous course we’ve charted to evade takeover by the same forces of fascism that controlled Nazi Germany and fascist Italy during the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s.
Think it ain’t so? Then this riveting book is a must read. You’ll learn some surprising facts: that a band of “silver shirts” mirroring Hitler’s brown shirts was organized and strong in the U.S.; that Henry Ford (yes, that Henry Ford, the one who’s heralded as an industrial genius and creator of assembly line production) was such a virulent Jew-hater that his writings inspired Adolf Hitler, who quoted them in his Mein Kampf and proudly displayed Ford’s photo on his wall; that only the dedicated crusade of a courageous Justice Department lawyer, who sacrificed his career to beat back a massive fascist conspiracy, saved America from Germany’s, and the world’s, fate.
This is scary stuff, stuff you never read about in school. The reality of it smacks you in the face; it turns your stomach; it quashes any notion you may have had that “it can’t happen here.” Because it nearly did.
And the really frightening thing about it is this: once your eyes are opened to the reality of our sordid past, you’ll see that the same themes, the same deceit, the same machinations of the ideologically perverted are very much alive and stronger than ever in America today.
Think what happened in Nazi Germany was something that could only happen to Germans, that it was something in the German character that produced a Hitler? Think again. The wisdom you’ll gain from this book will show you that Americans are all too prone to hail allegiance to a charismatic but demented leader whose promises to “restore” American greatness would lead us into the same fate. It is an evil fate we can and must avoid. Knowledge is power. Begin with a reading of Maddow’s outstanding Prequel and arm yourself to defend America.