A Plot to Capture the American Zeitgeist
Amazon’s book blurb for The Everglades by Louis Berry says this about it, “…a chilling saga unfolds where the pristine wilderness of Florida’s Everglades masks a sinister legacy of evil. In 1945, two Nazi war criminals, General Reinhard Hochstuhl and Colonel Wilhelm Von Unterscheisse, infiltrate 1945 Miami via a covert U-boat landing, seeding a multi-generational plot to subvert American society.” Berry writes, “No one in Miami was aware of the German U-Boat five hundred yards offshore; south of Flamingo Point. The ship operated within rat-lines moving high-valued Nazis to safety across the globe…Orders were to assimilate. Approach was to erode each generation’s connection to God. Free of dogmatic German machinery, lies became subtle; directed at influencing beliefs Americans held dear. Eliminating God from the collective consciousness was best accomplished across generations. The men knew they must find wives sympathetic to the Fatherland’s cause of world domination. Progeny would be responsible for subsequent iterations of their Final Solution.” The rest of the first chapter is unforgettably explosive (no spoilers), setting the brutal tone of the the Nazis’ future impact over generations in the Miami area. It is an immersive and profoundly affecting novel.
The Amazon book blurb continues stating this book is “A treatise on evil’s post World War II attempt to control the physical world inter-generationally; through abuse and control of household wealth.” Berry writes of his two Nazi invaders, “…eventual global control required clever capturing of American zeitgeist.” (Zeitgeist: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era). In the ensuing years since the end of WWII more has been learned about this style of warfare. Control sought without conventional war breeds methods of “unrestricted” and “fifth generation” warfare. The book Unrestricted Warfare coauthored by Major General Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui, has long been required reading at West Point; the English translation of the book was first made available by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in 1999.
These forms of subtle warfare have as their ancient origin Sun Tzu, who lived between the 5th and 6th centuries. He focuses on strategy above all else and explains how a war is not merely won by brute strength. His writings indicate a more powerful enemy can be defeated by a weaker state through strategy and deception. He also considers economics, politics, and diplomacy fair game. All are important factors of war. Siddhartha Gautama known as The Buddha who lived during the same centuries as Sun Tzu is attributed to stating, “As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.” The Nazi partners and their progeny in this book meticulously and unobtrusively build their empire cautiously over time. Ovid a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, is credited with this observation, “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” Inter-generational unrestricted warfare takes immense ambition, planning, and persistence over many years. In combination these single drops of water multiplied many times over have the power to impact greatly beyond their initial single drop, and the intent of those subtly seeking greater impact, influence, or power may affect global communities before they’re aware they have been “invaded,” and by then this enemy within may have already established a strong foothold over the years, fiercely affecting future generations.
The Everglades is eternal, an ever evolving primordial soup sustaining and ending lives without the judgement of society and culture. Berry writes, “July 21, 1945. The Everglades was arguably the most natural ecosystem on Earth. Through every assault upon the landscape, its resiliency proved superior. Balance, as intended by God, was the manner in which the universe thrived. Attacks by apex predators shifted prey continually across the landscape. Constant movement was the only manner guaranteeing bountiful futures.” What we might describe as good or evil at work in that swamp, is basically the judgement free circle of life. Generations are born, reproduce, and die in its confines, often at the hands of apex predators. Ominously Berry cautions, “Not until news came of Japanese surrender, did World War II officially end. Twenty-seven million Russians had been killed along with a half million Americans. Between two and three million Germans lost their lives. Humanity never clearly distinguished predator from prey. Outside nature, apex predators lived shadowy existences.”
This book details several generations descended from the original two Nazis who landed in Florida, and their cultivated associates who lived among them “outside nature” in “civilized” Miami. By virtue of their patience, planning, accumulation of power, influence, and great wealth in the worst ways possible (illegal and immoral), they are those very apex predators who lived “shadowy existences” seeking to change our very society itself, to control and ultimately dominate the United States and perhaps even the world, if our resilience is not sustained, and if we fail again to identify predator from prey. Will, or more importantly, has our global balance as intended by God become the playground of power hungry bad actors? This book is a cautionary tale that in all honesty many might point to evidence illustrating such plotting and planning currently unfolding similarly around the globe. Perhaps it is the inevitable product of an age old human quest for power and domination, a never ending tribal dance of good and evil. Author Berry notes, “It was definitely a book, warts and all, that needed to be written. If you choose to read it, buckle up. It’s not for the faint of heart.“
Note: In case the thought of a German U boat releasing occupants on Florida’s shore seems unlikely, you might want to investigate this article: “Nazi Invasion of Florida!” by Leon O. Prior, Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 49 Number 2, (1970)
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