Haunted by Hitler : liberals, the left, and the fight against fascism in the United States / Christopher Vials.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vials, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fascism--United States--History--20th century.

Fascism.

National socialism.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.

Summary:

Although fascism is typically associated with Europe, the threat of fascism in the United States haunted the imaginations of activists, writers, and artists, spurring them to create a rich, elaborate body of cultural and political work.

Contents:

Introduction: antifascism and the United States

European precedents, American echoes: fascism in history and memory

From margin to mainstream: American antifascism to 1945

Beyond economics, without guarantees: faschismustheorie in the United States

Resuming the people's war: HUAC, Joe McCarthy, and the antifascist challenge of the 1950's

Brownshirts in the twilight zone: antifascism in the liberal moment of the early 1960's

United front against genocide: African American antifascism, the Black Panthers, and the

Multiracial coalitions of the late 1960's

Queer antifascism: pink triangle politics and the Christian right

Epilogue: antifascism in strip mall America.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61376-347-6

OCLC:

933516708