Steven J. Ross
American historian and author specializing in film, media, and political history; professor at the University of Southern California and author of works on Hollywood and politics (e.g., "Working-Class Hollywood" and "Hitler in Los Angeles").
Books
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1. Hitler In Los Angeles
How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America
A detailed narrative history of the 1930s–40s campaign by Nazi agents and sympathizers in Southern California to infiltrate Hollywood, spread propaganda, and carry out espionage and sabotage, and of the wide-ranging response from Jewish activists, studio executives, private investigators, and government officials who exposed and disrupted those efforts. Drawing on archival records, law-enforcement files, and personal testimonies, it reconstructs covert operations, political pressure campaigns, and courtroom battles that reveal how local networks thwarted plots against the film industry and U.S. national security while shaping public opinion before and during World War II.
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