The Nazi card : Nazi comparisons at the beginning of the Cold War / Brian Johnson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Nazism as an epitome of evil for American ethics -- From Hun to Holocaust: American's depiction of Nazism before and after camp liberation -- America über alles: the promise of an American postwar -- Are you now or have you ever been: Nazism and the second Red Scare -- Pod people and swastikas: Nazism and images of the Communist threat -- The matinee war: selling the war against Communism with the Nazis of World War II -- White power, Black power: the use of Nazi analogy in civil rights and Black power rhetoric -- Conclusion: the repercussions of ubiquity.