The beast reawakens Book

Nazism didn't die with Hitler. In The Beast Reawakens, journalist Martin A. Lee traces the resurgence of fascist ideals from the prominent Nazis who escaped prosecution following WWII to the present-day incidents of right-wing violence in Europe & America. One only has to look at the Balkan situation to see that fascism is alive. He begins his troubling account by noting the many prominent Nazis who, after the war, built new & profitable lives fomenting political intrigue, while providing role models to new generations of neo-Nazis. This underground Nazi culture might have remained out of sight had it not been for the fall of Communism. In the confusion following the end of the Cold War, right-wing nationalist movements sprang up all over Europe, taking root especially in formerly communist areas such as Croatia, Bosnia & Romania. According to Lee, "the Beast" doesn't restrict itself to Eastern Europe. Skinhead violence against immigrants is on the rise in Germany, while right-wing politicians in France, Italy & other western European countries are increasingly finding a willing audience for their national & racial polemics. Lest American readers be lulled into a false sense of security, he warns that the USA is hardly immune to this kind of hateful rhetoric. Many of the militia groups currently operating today share the same glorified attitude toward violence, the same irrational hatred of foreigners & ethnic minorities that mark the excesses of European fascism.