The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America’s Deal with the Devil by Dean Reuter, Colm Lowery, and Keith Chester
The book posits that Hans Kammler, a Nazi SS general and special weapons leader, was brought to the US by the allies and helped transfer weapons technology. The book explores Nazi rocket technology and the impact that it had on the war. It also delves into Hemler's history as a Nazi. It also explores other Nazis like Wernher von Braun who left Germany for America. von Braun became a respected American engineer and was never prosecuted for his Nazi crimes during his life. (Though he likely would have if he lived longer.) The authors conducted interviews and pieced together documents to come to the conclusion that Hemler's knowledge of weapons made him valuable to Americans. The past experience of bringing in Nazis and hiding them made that plausible. The contradictions in the accounts of his death also enhanced the plausibility. The book's tone differs from typical histories in that it provides an underlying narrative of the history and writing. The primary author was a lawyer who was brought in by two hobby historians. He gradually came to believe in their research and get drawn into their story. It feels like a well-researched conspiracy theory.
Our gut plays a significant role in our daily life. On the surface, we often disregard the influence of our stomach. However, we refer to certain decisions as being "gut reactions". We know that something outside of our conscious brain is guiding us to act. The microbiotic diversity in our digestive system is huge. Much of the diversity comes about in our first few years of life. Our individual microbiota can impact us in many ways, even down to the way we act and our moods. Alas, we often disregard the importance of our gut. We'll take antibiotics that indiscriminately kill off portions of our "colony" of organisms. We eat all sorts of "junk" that is not helpful to our gut. We attempt to treat symptoms that arise directly, rather than address the underlying causes. Modern medicine typically disregard the strong mind-gut connection and suffers the consequences.