New Religions and the Nazis Book

Mr Morrow's review here is exactly right. Some great stuff here, but the least satisfactory chapter is the final one, written by the co-author Elizabeth Monroe on the eve of the Italian invasion in 1935. It is a salutary reminder that being close to events is not always the best way to see them in their proper context. At one point Dr Monroe writes that "Ras Kassa of Tigray" would likely prove to be of doubtful loyalty in the coming struggle. Ras Seyoum Mangasha of Tigray did indeed defect to the Italians, but Ras Kassa was one of Haile Selassie's most loyal and devoted followers. This kind of thing does not fill one with confidence that the judgements expressed are very accurate. (I'd like to know more about Dr Monroe, though. She was a Fellow of St Anthony's - and therefore almost certainly a spy - and a friend of the traitor Philby - could she have been a Comintern agent as well?)