Historian discussing how the U.S. intentionally recruited ‘former’ Fascists and Axis collaborators (invidious.nerdvpn.de)

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cross‐posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/450887

A 1988 interview with Christopher Simpson regarding his excellent book, Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War.

(Tagging this thread NSFW for the video’s explicit photographs.)

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[-] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There is indeed one chapter where he discussed usage of former Axis personnel in the Eastern Bloc (I’d be unsurprised if that was a concession to the publisher), but otherwise it is worth reading.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Word. Good to know, thanks!

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