SOLILOQUIZING
The Nuremberg Warnings: Authoritarianism and the American Psyche
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In 1945, an Army psychiatrist named Douglas Kelley assessed the top Nazi defendants during the Nuremberg trials. He concluded that these infamous war criminals shared psychological traits that could foster authoritarianism within any nation, such as the United States.
Although his cautionary insights were largely dismissed by his contemporaries, they have gained renewed relevance…