This provocative and original look at current trends in
the United States presents a grim forecast of a possible
totalitarian future. The author shows how the chronic problems
faced by the U.S. in the late twentieth century require
increasing collusions between Big Business and Big Government in
order to “manage” society in the interests of the rich
and powerful. This “friendly fascism”, Gross argues,
will probably lack the dictatorships, public spectacles and overt
brutality of the classic varieties of Germany, Italy and Japan,
but has at its root the same denial of individual freedoms and
democratic rights. No one who cares about the future of democracy
can afford to ignore the frightening possibilities of Friendly
Fascism
“At a time of escalating political uncertainty, when the forces of totalitarianism threaten once more to crawl out of the American woodwork, Friendly Fascism is a powerful tool- better yet, a weapon- that can help us avert a distinctly unfriendly future.”--Alvin Toffler
“First-rate…a fascinating, provocative job. Bertram Gross has written an important book, and it deserves the widest possible audiences.”--Michael Harrington
“This is the best thing I’ve ever seen on how America might go fascist democratically. Friendly Fascism offers a very clear exposition of where America is, and how we got there.”--William Shirer
410 pages, index
Paperback ISBN: 0-920057-23-3 $19.99
Hardcover ISBN: 0-920057-22-5 $48.99
