It can happen here : authoritarian peril in the age of Bush

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Label

It can happen here : authoritarian peril in the age of Bush

Title remainder

authoritarian peril in the age of Bush

Statement of responsibility

Joe Conason

Creator

• Conason, Joe

Subject

• Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views
• Conservatism -- United States
• Authoritarianism -- United States
• Big business -- Political aspects -- United States
• Right-wing extremists -- United States
• Democracy -- United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009

Language

eng

Summary

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? In this impassioned, yet fact-based look at the state of the nation, Conason shows how and why America has been wrenched away from its founding principles and is being dragged toward authoritarianism.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.93

Index

index present

LC call number

E902

LC item number

.C658 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography