Neil Baldwin

NO OF PAGES: 416 SUB CAT I: Anti-Semitism SUB CAT II: Holocaust SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Henry Ford was not only one of America's great industrialists, he was also one of America's great haters. With "his rambling mouth" and his "volatile passions and budget less financial resources," Ford became famous around the country and the world for his rabid anti-Semitism. "He did not like the Jews because he believed they were warmongering, manipulative, and alien," writes Neil Baldwin. A pacifist, Ford blamed the First World War on "German-Jewish bankers." In the 1920s, he published The Dearborn Independent, which featured notorious articles such as "The International Jew: The World's Problem." In 1938, he became the first American recipient of a Nazi award bestowed upon non-Germans. Baldwin details Ford's views and activities and also describes the phenomenon of anti-Semitism in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s. Henry Ford once declared, infamously, "History is more or less the bunk." His descendents seem to disagree. "Beginning with Henry Ford II," writes Baldwin, "succeeding generations of Fords have sought to put an end to Henry Ford's dark legacy" by supporting Israel and Jewish charities. Their actions bear out what one Jewish newspaper said in response to Ford in 1920: "We are firm in our belief that stupidity cannot triumph."NOTES: Purchased from Amazon.com. SUBTITLE: The Mass Production of Hate… (meer)

The American Revelation
Neil Baldwin

Historian Baldwin chooses 10 individuals who articulated or lived the American ideals of tolerance, service, and the idea of American uniqueness in the world. All were not the obvious founding fathers, but others more obscure, and therefore more interesting. Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, and George Marshall, the secretary of state for the American aid plan after the war, were the most memorable portraits. Henry George, self taught economist and Pierre du Simitiere, the artist who drew the great seal of the United States, were the most obscure. Enjoyable, interesting history.… (meer)