Book description
Today the word 'fascist' is usually an insult aimed at those on the
right, from neocons to big business. But what does it really mean?
What if the true heirs to fascism were actually those who thought of
themselves as being terribly nice and progressive - the liberals?
Jonah Goldberg's excoriating, opinion-driving, US bestseller
explains why. Here he destroys long-held myths to reveal why the most
insidious attemps to control our lives originate from the left,
whether it's smoking bans or security cameras. Journeying through
history and across culture, he uses surprising examples ranging from
Woodrow Wilson's police state to the Clinton personality cult, the
military chic of 60s' student radicals to Hollywood's totalitarian
aesthetics, to show that it is modern progressivism - and not
conservatism - that shares the same intellectual roots as fascism.
This angry, funny, smart and contentious book looks behind the
friendly face of the well-meaning liberal, and turns our
preconceptions inside out.
Bold and witty...insightful and honest Jonah Goldberg is a
columnist for the
Los Angeles Times
and contributing editor to
National Review
. A
USA Today
contributor and former columnist for the
Times
in London, he has also written for the
New Yorker, Commentary,
the
Wall Street Journal, and
many other publications
.
He lives in Washington, D. C.
