Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning by Jonah Goldberg Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Book Review: How very sad.
Summary: 1 Stars
What we have here is simply a "loser's squeal" from an opinion writer who is seeing the national consensus turn against him. Rather than accept this setback gracefully and lay the groundwork for a comeback, he rages against the winning side. It's a unfortunate commentary on the author and the point of view he represents that he can muster no better counterargument than this compilation of name-calling and bile. How very sad.Book Review: outrageous but thought orovoking.
Summary: 3 Stars
Somewhat over the top, but the author sticks pins into a lot of hypocritical balloons. Definitely worth the price.Book Review: Extraordinary
Summary: 5 Stars
Possibly one of the best political books I have ever read. Although it is in a different genre, it ranks with 1984 for its effect on my political thoughts. Folks who don't like this book just want to say Fascism = Nazism = Holocaust and my guess is they probably didn't read it. Book Review: A superior work of political scholarship
Summary: 5 Stars
A long and important book on the history of fascism and activist big government which has been highly recommended by such serious minds as Charles Murray and Tom Wolfe. I found it deeply insightful, very carefully researched, and extensively documented. A main point is that the differences between fascism, communism, and modern leftist "liberalism" are far less significant than their essential similarities: the state is God, and the individual is subordinate to the State in all these political variations. Goldberg argues in favor of classical liberalism, and its focus on liberty - to which a false utopianism is the deadly enemy. This is a wonderful book that will make you think, and is likely to transform your understanding of political history. Book Review: Liberal Fascism
Summary: 5 Stars
The "editorial review" of this book is almost as interesting as the book. It ignores all of the documented history of limitations of and assaults on individual and economic history under Wilson and Roosevelt (the most valuable part of the book since none of this is taught in schools) and instead let's us know that "Neocons support militarism." Naurally, in constrast to Goldgerg who provides massive documentation the reviewer expects us to rely upon his judgement (perhaps augmented by the "authority" of the WaPo) for everything he says.