On Fascism

“The twelve lessons in On Fascism draw from American history and brilliantly complement those of Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny .” —Laurence Tribe The United States of Lyncherdom, as Mark Twain labeled America. Lincoln versus Douglas. The Chinese Exclusion Act. The Trail of Tears. The internment of Japanese-Americans. The Palmer Raids. McCarthyism. The Surveillance State. At turning points throughout history, as we aspired toward great things, we also witnessed the authoritarian impulse drive polic