Fascism Comes to America
A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture
Bruce Kuklick
- A
- deeply
- relevant
- look
- at
- what
- fascism
- means
- to
- Americans.From
- the
- time
- Mussolini
- took
- power
- in
- Italy
- in
- 1922,
- Americans
- have
- been
- obsessed
- with
- and
- brooded
- over
- the
- meaning
- of
- fascism
- and
- how
- it
- might
- migrate
- to
- the
- United
- States.
- Fascism
- Comes
- to
- America
- examines
- how
- we
- have
- viewed
- fascism
- overseas
- and
- its
- implications
- for
- our
- own
- country.
- Bruce
- Kuklick
- explores
- the
- rhetoric
- of
- politicians,
- who
- have
- used
- the
- language
- of
- fascism
- to
- smear
- opponents,
- and
- he
- looks
- at
- the
- discussions
- of
- pundits,
- the
- analyses
- of
- academics,
- and
- the
- displays
- of
- fascism
- in
- popular
- culture,
- including
- fiction,
- radio,
- TV,
- theater,
- and
- film.
- Kuklick
- argues
- that
- fascism
- has
- little
- informational
- meaning
- in
- the
- United
- States,
- but
- instead,
- it
- is
- used
- to
- denigrate
- or
- insult.
- For
- example,
- every
- political
- position
- has
- been
- besmirched
- as
- fascist.
- As
- a
- result,
- the
- term
- does
- not
- describe
- a
- phenomenon
- so
- much
- as
- it
- denounces
- what
- one
- does
- not
- like.
- Finally,
- in
- displaying
- fascism
- for
- most
- Americans,
- entertainment—and
- most
- importantly
- film—has
- been
- crucial
- in
- conveying
- to
- citizens
- what
- fascism
- is
- about.
- Fascism
- Comes
- to
- America
- has
- been
- enhanced
- by
- many
- illustrations
- that
- exhibit
- how
- fascism
- was
- absorbed
- into
- the
- US
- public consciousness.
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