Marty Ross's Ammy nick is "catallergest"
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Disturbing but compelling, November 30, 2003
| Reviewer:
catallergest
from New York, New York United States
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Not for people with a weak stomach. Truly shocking. This is a
disturbing, fascinating look at the sorry history of rampant
anti-Semitism in the officer corps of the U.S. Army.
I
almost literally could not put this book down, as the weight of facts
was extraordinarily compelling. This book contains disturbing vignettes
about prominent generals such as George Patton--described here as a
crude anti-Semite--as well as Marshall and Eisenhower. It focuses on
Army Intelligence, and is a shocking, dispassionate portrayal of how
almost Nazi-like racial theories were widely adopted by Army officers
in the years before World War II. As portrayed by Bendersky,
anti-Semitism was a disease that infected not only G-2 Army
Intelligence, but the State Department (such as future CIA head Allen
Dulles) and Congress. All rigorously documented.
A must read for
anyone interested in either U.S. military history or contemporary
Jewish history, and is also a fascinating look at the beginnings of
modern Army intelligence.
