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William Dudley Pelley : a life in right-wing extremism and the occult
- Title
- William Dudley Pelley : a life in right-wing extremism and the occult / Scott Beekman.
- Author
- Beekman, Scott.
- Publication
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2005.
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- Description
- xvi, 269 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "William Dudley Pelley was one of the most important figures of the anti-Semitic radical right in the twentieth century. Best remembered as the leader of the paramilitary Silver Shirts, Pelley was also an award-winning short story writer, Hollywood screenwriter, and religious leader. During the Depression Pelley was a notorious presence in American politics. He ran for president on a platform calling for the ghettoization of American Jews and in 1942 was a defendant in a headline-grabbing sedition trial thanks to his unwavering support of Nazi Germany." "Scott Beekman offers not only a political but also an intellectual and literary biography of Pelly, greatly advancing our understanding of a figure often dismissed as a madman or charlatan. His belief system, composed of anti-Semitism, economic nostrums, racialism, neo-Theosophical channeling, and millenarian Christianity, anticipates the eclecticism of later cult personalities such as Shoko Asahara, leader of Aum Shinriyko, and the British conspiracy theorist David Icke." "By charting the course of Pelley's career, Beekman does an admirable job of placing Pelley within the history of both the anti-Semitic right and American occult movements. This exhaustively researched book is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship on American extremism and esoteric religions."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Religion and politics
- Uniform Title
- Religion and politics.
- Subjects
- Antisemitism > United States > History > 20th century
- Cults > United States > History > 20th century
- Silver Shirts of America (Organization)
- Political activists > United States > Biography
- Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- Pelley, William Dudley, 1890-1965
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.
- ISBN
- 0815608195 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0815630573 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005015040
- OCLC
- ocm60605134
- SCSB-5215710
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries