October 21, 2010
THAT'S STRANGE:
Right-wing publisher rehabilitates Lindbergh: A new book argues that Charles Lindbergh was not an anti-Semite, but rather a victim of smears by FDR and the left (Justin Elliott, 10/21/10, Salon)
The influential conservative publishing house Regnery has just released a book that argues, contrary to popular belief, that aviator and political leader Charles Lindbergh was neither anti-semitic nor pro-German, but rather was the victim of an unfounded smear campaign by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.According to promotional material, the book, "Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt: The Rivalry That Divided America" by James Duffy, argues that Lindbergh was the target of a "vicious personal vendetta by President Roosevelt" that "blighted his reputation forever." FDR's campaign, the book argues, also amounted to a "modern-day playbook for the Left and their attack on those who speak out against them."
A. Scott Berg's deservedly praised biography made essentially the same argument.
