The American Axis: Henry Ford Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third Reich

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Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh have long been exalted as two of the greatest American icons of the twentieth century. Now award-winning journalist Max Wallace uncovers groundbreaking and astonishing revelations about the poisonous effect these two so-called American heroes had on Western democracy and how the two of them---acting in league with the Nazis---almost brought democratic Europe to the verge of extinction. With unprecedented access to declassified FBI and military intelligence files Wallace reveals how the close friendship and ideological bond between automotive pioneer Ford and aviator Lindbergh culminated in an abuse of power that helped strengthen Hitlers regime and undermined the Allied war effort. Devastating thoroughly researched and engagingly written The American Axis is not only a mesmerizing cautionary tale but a compelling historical expos.