Mighty Talks | A Convenient Villain

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's monthly Mighty Talk series continues with A Convenient Villain: Charles A. Lindbergh's remarkable and controversial legacy preparing the U.S. for war, with author Dr. Jonathan Reich, M.D. This program will take place on October 25th at 2:00 pm at the museum.

About the Book
Between 1936 and 1938, Charles Lindbergh made 3 public trips to Nazi Germany. The military intelligence he collected was not only provided to the U.S. military but also to U.S. manufacturers of airplanes and their components. Lindbergh's consultation with U.S. airplane manufacturers was entirely at his own initiative and expense. This book is the first to document the specific intelligence he acquired and how this information won the war.

This book re-evaluates the life and legacy of one of the most enigmatic and important political figures of the 20th Century: Charles Lindbergh. Much of Lindbergh's contribution to American preparatory air power prior to World War II and medicine of the 1930s is unknown. Using his aerospace engineering background, Dr. Reich combed through various archives to document these achievements. He also reviewed Lindbergh's record opposing American entry into another European War to provide a new Jewish generational perspective on his advocacy and his conflict with American Jews.