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When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In early 1941, Dreiser obliged, writing a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''America Is Worth Saving'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)</ref>
When the Soviet Union joined [[Nazi]] Germany in the [[Hitler-Stalin pact]] for the joint invasion of Poland, partitioning Eastern Europe between them, Dreiser was among the "prominent Americans" named by the Communists "who would write effective brochures explaining and defending the [[Hitler-Stalin pact|peace policy]] of the Soviet Union and answering the arguments of the enemy." In early 1941, Dreiser obliged, writing a book arguing that the [[U.S.]] should not aid England in its war against [[Hitler]].<ref>Theodore Dreiser, ''America Is Worth Saving'' (New York: Modern Age Books, 1941)</ref>
Dreiser was also a virulent [[anti-Semite]] and admirer of [[Hitler]].<ref>Robert H. Elias, ed., ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=TKtEAAAAYAAJ Letters of Theodore Dreiser: A Selection, vol. 2]'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1959), pp. 405, 650–52; Richard Tuerk, “The American Spectator Symposium Controversy: Was Dreiser Anti-Semitic?” ''Prospects 16'' (1991), pp. 367–89; Louis Harap, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=mAPvam-n_DYC Creative Awakening: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1900-1940s],'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987) ISBN 0313253862, pp. 128-132. Cf. Alan M. Dershowitz, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3jjNW-_TnusC Chutzpah] (Simon and Schuster, 1992) ISBN 0671760890, p. 113</ref>
==Notes==
==Notes==
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Hugo S. Cunningham, [http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/dreiser.html Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945): His Friendship to the Soviet People in 1938-1941], CyberUSSR.com, 1999
* Hugo S. Cunningham, [http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/dreiser.html Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945): His Friendship to the Soviet People in 1938-1941], CyberUSSR.com, 1999