Scanning the reviews over at Amazon, I thought this one review was particularly interesting:
"It is a sick twist of irony that von Campe fails to identify the real cause of the Nazi era horrors: heightened, and forced, patriotism; the myth of cultural purity; increased appetite for violence and military "revenge" overseas; a populace too afraid or unwilling to criticize the government; and, importantly, an overemphasis on ideology over practicality in solving the problems of society.
In all cases, the principal movement behind these ideals in modern-day America is the *right-wing*. It's so uncanny that part of me wonders if von Campe still carries Nazi ideals within him that he has appeared to have expunged. And by "part of me", I mean "most of me."
Thanks to a heavily-coordinated propaganda campaign, at one point, 86% of the US supported attacking Iraq because Hussein harbored WMDs, even though the existence of the weapons was disproven. More scary was the near-unanimity for support (this, in a country where we are constantly divided 50/50 over everything!); the Nazis could have only wished for the same level of support.
Secular ideals, those that have served the US well for more than a couple of centuries, are under attack by ideologues who are convinced that they speak for God and who are impervious to reason.
Fortunately, our nation seems to have regained its common sense, so this book will only appeal to an embittered minority who have proven themselves to be on the wrong side of history, time and time again." end of quote
I very much agree with that reviewer. I an a stong comitted christian, but the right scares me. Sinclair Lewis was correct: "WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA, IT WILL COME WRAPPED IN THE FLAG AND CARRYING A CROSS."
One can be a Christian and one can be a conservative, and still see the truth of that statement.
Mr. von Camp was speaking to the timidity and passiveness of society not to speak up to Nazi oppression - from judges to priets/church. He didn't realize until after the war what wrongs he had commited and sought forgiveness from others (people and countries). His personal journey dealt w/replacing hate he had w/forgiveness and the realization that God's morals need to be more intertwined w/society.
Your entire post is complete nonsense.
Nazism was left wing socialist. It was not supported by any right wing movement.
The conservative movement in this country has been the source, and the only source, of patriotism, Constitutional principles and moral discipline.
2000 tons of yellowcake found in Iraq prove you wrong.
You have come to the wrong place to peddle your socialist sop.