Historians writing about the Soviet Union dont refer to its features as Commie this or Commie that, yet most scholars in the Anglo-American world rely on the slang word Nazi to designate Hitlers Germany rather than the official term National Socialist. The reason for this linguistic double standard is not merely that leftists wish to dissociate socialism from the National Socialist German Workers Party.
From National Socialists to Nazi
History, Politics, and the English Language
By Andrei Znamenski
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article
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the Spring 2015 issue of The Independent Review.
Government and PoliticsNationalismPhilosophy and ReligionPolitical HistorySocialism, Communism, and Collectivism
Other Independent Review articles by Andrei Znamenski | |
Summer 2013 | In the Shadow of Dr. Lueger: Vienna Notes of an Accidental Tourist |
Spring 2012 | The European Miracle: Warrior Aristocrats, Spirit of Liberty, and Competition as a Discovery Process |