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==Introduction== | |||
The presence or absence of ] in the ] has been a matter of long-dispute since at least the nineteen-forties. | |||
In the classic sense, fascism is generally understood as a system belief unifying the state with xenophobic nationalism or racial superiority. In the years following the rise of fascist governments in such countries as ] and ], two fateful events informed the ongoing debate concerning fascism in America. | |||
] once remarked that "fascism" no longer seemed to mean much of anything, other than "objectionable," but academics continue to insist on a political science application of the term. | |||
==Origins of Fascism in the United States== | |||
] in America first came to prominent attention with the publication of the cautionary novel ] by ] in 1935. | |||
In ], retired General ] testified to the ] that he had been approached by a group of wealthy business interests, led by the ] and ] industrial empires, to orchestrate a fascist coup against Roosevelt. The alleged coup attempt has come to be known as the ]. | |||
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==References== | |||
#{{Book reference | Author=AHD Editorial Board | Title=American Heritage Dictionary | Publisher=Houghton Mifflin | Year=1983}} | |||
#{{Book reference | First=Hannah | Last=Arendt | Year=1973 | Title=The Origins of Totalitarianism | Publisher=Harvest Books | ID=ISBN 0156701537 | Authorlink=Hannah Arendt }} | |||
==Additional Links of Interest== | |||
#] (a Misplaced Pages link) | |||
#] (this is a novel) | |||
#] "I was a Republican from before the fascists took over." | |||
== External links == | |||
# from ''Newsday'' July 18, 2003 by Sheldon S. Wolin, professor of political science at Princeton University. |
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