A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism

by Paul A. Hanebrink

Book Overview

The first comprehensive account of the evolution and exploitation of the Judeo-Bolshevik myth, from its origins to the present day.

For much of the twentieth century, Europe was haunted by a threat of its own imagining: Judeo-Bolshevism. This myth--that Communism was a Jewish plot to destroy the nations of Europe--was a paranoid fantasy, and yet fears of a Jewish Bolshevik conspiracy took hold during the Russian Revolution and spread...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674047680
• ISBN13: 9780674047686
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"