It can happen here
Subtitle: authoritarian peril in the age of Bush
By: Joe Conason
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780312356057
Subjects: Politics and government; Authoritarianism; Conservatism; Democracy; Right-wing extremists; Big business; Political and social views
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: It's (still) a free country; title: The "post 9/11 worldview" of Karl Rove; title: Lawlessness and order; title: State secrets and unofficial propaganda; title: The corporate state of grace; title: The revenge of Nixon's heirs.