The Beast Reawakens

Author	Martin A. Lee
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Neo-Nazism
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	1997
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	546
ISBN	0-316-51959-6
Dewey Decimal	320.53
LC Class	JC481.L43 1997

The Beast Reawakens (later prints carried the subtitle Fascism's Resurgence from Hitler's Spymasters to Today's Neo-Nazi Groups and Right-Wing Extremists) is a 1997 book by investigative journalist Martin A. Lee, in which the author discusses old-guard fascists' strategy for survival and the revival of fascism since 1944.^[1] Special attention is given to ODESSA actions during the Cold War, international fascist networks, and political inroads to the right-wing mainstream. The book opens with a quotation from T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922), a favorite of Hitler's favorite commando, SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny.

Reception

Joshua Rubinstein, reviewing the book for The New York Times, called it "a vivid survey of fascist resurgence throughout Europe".^[2] Publishers Weekly described it as a "compelling, intelligent investigation, which reads more like a thriller than a history lesson".^[3]