It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of BushMacmillan, 20 févr. 2007 - 256 pages "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross." For the first time since the Nixon era, Americans have reason to doubt the future---or even the presence---of democracy. We live in a society where government conspires with big business and big evangelism; where ideologues and religious zealots attack logic and the scientific method; and where the ruling party encourages xenophobic nationalism based on irrational, manufactured fear. The party in power seems to seek a perpetual state of war to hold on to power, and they are willing to lie, cheat, and steal to achieve their ends. The question must be asked: Are we headed toward the end of American democracy? Praise for the books of Joe Conason: "A comprehensive, well-researched indictment of a bunch of nasty people who really deserve it." "When Joe casts his eye on the cadres of the right, they invariably emerge battered, with their arguments filleted, their sources of money exposed, and their real motives laid bare." "A hundred years from now the primary source on the so-called Clinton scandals will still be The Hunting of the President by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons." |
Table des matières
Title Page | |
TWO LAWLESSNESS AND ORDER | |
THREE STATE SECRETS AND UNOFFICIAL PROPAGANDA | |
FOUR THE CORPORATE STATE OF GRACE | |
FIVE THE REVENGE OF NIXONS HEIRS | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |