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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Grins
(7,217 posts)20. Dodd - one of the key characters in the book: "In the Garden of Beasts"
Ambassador Dodd was a key character in Erik Larson's* great book, In the Garden of Beasts, about his time as US Ambassador to Germany, and those in the State Dept. who fought him. If you have not read it, it's worth the read. In the first 100-pages he gives another view of daily life in Germany in the late 1930's and it's pretty grim; eye-opening grim! And then it goes downhill.
The other key character was Dodd's daughter, Martha who, at age 24, was dating a member of the Gestapo, and another working out of the Russian Embassy who was actually in Stalin's KGB.
Yeah; this is pretty much a great book.
(* Larson has been described as a historian who writes like a novelist. He makes history fascinating. No argument from me!)
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You can bet the Kochs and the Adelsons of the American oligarchs are going to be dumping
Texin
Feb 2018
#17
Any reference to the attempted coup against FDR by the American Liberty League during this time?
brush
Feb 2018
#10
The Business Plot coup, 1934 funded by billionaires using veterans to pull it off.
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#18
It was no hoax though. Seems the Times tried to cover for the prominent industrialists involved.
brush
Feb 2018
#28
Fabulous book! I never dreamed when I read it, it would begin to develop here - and so soon.
Texin
Feb 2018
#19
Interesting, the original DKOS article warning us was written in 2012 fighting Mittens
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#36
Great comment. May I add that inflation and stagnant wages breed discontent, our reality
OhNo-Really
Feb 2018
#43
The original speech offers a history lesson on "economic nationalism" imposed on North Carolina
ancianita
Feb 2018
#16
Thanks. I'll order this one. Nothing today isn't connected to old relationships and events.
ancianita
Feb 2018
#38
I would suggest that most Americans have no desire to know the lessons of history.
YOHABLO
Feb 2018
#52
K & R Great post. "It Can't Happen Here" 1936 political novel by Sinclair Lewis.
appalachiablue
Feb 2018
#57