When Fascism and Spiritualism combine; diabolical outcomes result. In Power Quest; author S. Douglas Woodward offers a historical perspective of how this malevolent hybrid of the twentieth century was engineered by Nazi Germany in the name of creating a ‘New World Order’. Because the synthesis of these belief systems is present in the institutions influencing our nation today; we are at risk. America’s fascination with the paranormal permeates our four centuries of existence. Our political symbols celebrate ancient paganism. Old-world mysticism lives on in prominent spiritist movements today. As a nation; we have steadily progressed through this darkened passageway since World War II; in part due to the presence and influence of hundreds of Nazis who were invited into America after the war—men who vigorously affirmed the cosmology of the paranormal and the politics of fascism. In this first of two volumes; Woodward asks; “Could America become the equivalent evil empire of the twenty-first century?â€
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. WELCOME ADDITION BUT MUST QUESTION ACCURACY !!By the magpieFirst off; there is very little info available on John Gatewood. It was nice to find some more stories to fill in the blanks about this man and the wider appalachian conflict during the civil war. To this day ; there is no truly comprehensive book on this subject. If you are interested in it ; you collect as many books as you can find and piece it together.This book is a must - have in that regard. I do have some reservations though... some of the highpoints of the story ; such as the Madden Branch Massacre and Gatewood's defeat at the hands of the 5th and 6th us Tennessee Mounted Infantry are told in a few paragraphs with surprisingly little detail although there is actually a fair amount of it available. The author does not even mention the 5th's involvement or the fact that Gatewood was known to sleep separately from his men for just such an occasion and that it likely saved his life. With the Madden Branch Massacre; he does not relate that those boys were unionist geurillas from the First Georgia Infantry and that they were joining the 5th Mounted Infantry due to the attack that had devastated their comrades in ellijay two weeks previously and no doubt knew exactly who he was. He goes into no detail on how two of them escaped and what later became of them. There is also some tale involving an attack by Tom Polk Edmondson against these unionist guerillas in January; 1865. He claims that all but twenty-one out of one hundred unionist were killed in this battle. I have never seen any mention of this and all of my research leads me to believe he could only be referring to the November ;1864 surprise attack in Ellijay where a few were killed and about twenty-one were captured. Some of these were hanged in Gainesville as confederate deserters and the rest were paroled by confederate General Wofford. Colonel Ashworth seems to have ended up in a confederate p.o.w camp where he perished. He sites a newspaper article from the time as a primary source; but newspapers are notoriously unreliable sources of fact and should bethoroughly double checked against other available sources. If an error of this size has happened; you kind of have to question the reliability of all the rest of the book which just gives me a headache....Read this book; but take it with a grain of salt and keep it in context with other available sources.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Far Exceeded My ExpectationsBy C. PooleI would highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the civil war history of guerrilla warfare or of the Southern Appalachian region (NE AL; N GA; SE TN; SW NC) in general. Irregular "scouts" like Gatewood operated extensively in this region and seemed to have split their time between harassing invading union forces; rounding up deserters; intimidating killing the region's Union sympathizers; and; unfortunately; simple robbery of even ardent confederate supporters. Gatewood is personally credited with killing upwards of 60 people.I first learned of John P Gatewood while researching the Civil War history of Cherokee County; AL. This county; like most of the ones in the region mentioned; had many citizens that were bitterly opposed to the South's secession. In numerous statements taken from these people after the war; it was clear that they feared Gatewood like the Bogey Man. Simply stating that they were threatened by "the desperado Gatewood" was often enough to establish their bona fides as good Union men during the war.The author does an excellent job of weaving the relatively few facts of John P Gatewood's shadowy life into a very readable story. The author obviously has to make some assumptions at a few points during the book; but he is very transparent as to what is historically documented versus just speculation. I found the book well-researched; entertaining; informative.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Fascinationg story; well told.By oldlawmanBefore this book; the information about John P. Gatewood that was readily available to the casual reader would probably not have filled a single-spaced page. The author has not only exhaustivey researched his subject; but has also woven the information into a very readable book. Living in the southeast Tennessee area near many of the locations where Gatewood plied his deadly trade; I thoroughly enjoyed reading the established details of many incidents which had previously been only rumors; stories; or legends about bushwhacker outrages in the South.
