LEADER 05559cam a2200649 i 4500001 289681 005 20230911152840.0 008 230415t20232023nyuabf e b 001 0deng 010 2022051604 035 (OCoLC)on1310769124 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dTOH |dYDX |dBDX |dHBP |dQX7 |dJVK |dRNL |dGL4 |dJQM |dOCO |dVP@ |dIMT |dJQW |dYDX |dINR |dLHM 019 13110754801311161125131123835013112678021311357828137152167913737351191374493757 020 9781250276551 |qhardcover 020 1250276551 |qhardcover 020 |z9781250276568 |qelectronic book 042 pcc 043 e-gx---e-uk---n-us--- 050 00 DD256.8 |b.R663 2023 049 LHMA 100 1 Ronald, Susan, |eauthor. 245 10 Hitler's aristocrats : |bthe secret power players in Britain and America who supported the Nazis, 1923-1941 / |cSusan Ronald. 246 30 Secret power players in Britain and America who supported the Nazis, 1923-1941 250 First edition. 264 1 New York, NY : |bSt. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 xxii, 435 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, map ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Prologue -- Part I: The magic weavers. Chaos ; The "big lie" ; The alchemists ; "Brideshead" ; Duplicitous émigrés ; America and the finance wizards ; The gambler and propagandist -- Part II: A tapestry of lies. Hope and renewal ; Winds of change ; Charade ; The wounded giant ; Saluting Hitler ; "His lordship's ambassadress" ; "Hurrah for the blackshirts!" ; Corralling the malcontents ; Men on white horses ; Hitler's "listening posts" ; Man of peace ; Party day propaganda -- Part III: Juggernaut. Inevitability of war ; Upping the ante ; Olympians and titans ; Fifth columnists ; Dashed dreams ; The boiling cauldron ; Appeasement ; Espionage ; Secret maneuvers ; Swapping horses midstream -- Part IV: The unraveling. Fall from grace ; Last throw of the dice ; The exiles ; The American dimension ; Mysteries within an enigma ; "Willi" ; Herding cats ; Pearl Harbor -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Letter from Fritz Wiedemann to Lord Rothermere -- Appendix II: Tricycle's American questionnaire -- Appendix III: HO 382/250 Princess Stephanie's home office file assessed. 520 "Susan Ronald, acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief takes readers into the shadowy world of the aristocrats and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who secretly aided Hitler and Nazi Germany. Hitler said, "I am convinced that propaganda is an essential means to achieve one's aims." Enlisting Europe's aristocracy, international industrialists, and the political elite in Britain and America, Hitler spun a treacherous tale everyone wanted to believe: he was a man of peace. Central to his deception was an international high society Black Widow, Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst, whom Hitler called "his dear princess." She, and others, conspired for Hitler at the highest levels of the British aristocracy and spread their web to America's wealthy powerbrokers. Hitler's aristocrats became his eyes, listening posts, and mouthpieces in the drawing rooms, cocktail parties, and weekend retreats of Europe and America. Among these "gentlemen spies" and "ladies of mystery" were the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Lady Nancy Astor, Charles Lindbergh, and two of the Mitford sisters. They were the trusted voices disseminating his political and cultural propaganda about the "New Germany," brushing aside the Nazis' atrocities. Distrustful of his own Foreign Ministry, Hitler used his aristocrats to open the right doors in Great Britain and the United States, creating a formidable fifth column within government and financial circles. In a tale of drama and intrigue, Hitler's Aristocrats uncovers the battle between these influencers and those who heroically opposed them"-- |cProvided by publisher. 651 0 Germany |xForeign relations |y1933-1945. 650 0 Fascists |zGreat Britain |vBiography. 650 0 Fascists |zUnited States |vBiography. 650 0 Elite (Social sciences) |xPolitical activity |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Aristocracy (Political science) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCollaborationists |zGreat Britain. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCollaborationists |zUnited States. 650 0 Propaganda, German. 650 7 HISTORY / Europe / Germany. |2bisacsh 650 7 Aristocracy (Political science) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00814460 650 7 Collaborationists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00867081 650 7 Diplomatic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 Elite (Social sciences) |xPolitical activity. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00908119 650 7 Fascists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00921598 650 7 Propaganda, German. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01079026 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bscstacks |hDD256.8 |i.R663 2023