Liberal fascism : the secret history of the American left, from Mussolini to the politics of meaning / Jonah Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Jonah, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism.

Liberalism.

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

487 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2007]

Summary:

Replacing myths with research, Goldberg shows that the original fascists were really on the Left and that liberals, from Woodrow Wilson to FDR to Hillary Clinton, have advocated policies and principles remarkably similar to those of Hitlers National Socialism.

Contents:

Mussolini : the father of fascism

Adolf Hitler : man of the left

Woodrow Wilson and the birth of liberal fascism

Franklin Roosevelt's fascist New Deal

The 1960s : fascism takes to the streets

From Kennedy's myth to Johnson's dream : liberal fascism and the cult of the state

Liberal racism : the eugenic ghost in the fascist machine

Liberal fascist economics

Brave new world : Hillary Clinton and the meaning of liberal fascism

The new age : we're all fascists now

Afterword : the tempting of conservatism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-467) and index.

ISBN:

9780385511841

0385511841

OCLC:

123136367

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