American Fascists

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
by Chris Hedges

This book is an incredible expose of the religious right's insidious union with fascism in modern America. This searing indictment is made more horrific by the religious expertise of the author. Must read material.

excerpt from Publishers Weekly review: "The f-word crops up in the most respectable quarters these days. Yet if the provocative title of this exposé by Hedges (War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning)—sounds an alarm, the former New York Times foreign correspondent takes care to employ his terms precisely and decisively. As a Harvard Divinity School graduate, his investigation of the Christian Right agenda is even more alarming given its lucidity. Citing the psychology and sociology of fascism and cults, including the work of German historian Fritz Stern, Hedges draws striking parallels between 20th-century totalitarian movements and the highly organized, well-funded "dominionist movement," an influential theocratic sect within the country's huge evangelical population. Rooted in a radical Calvinism, and wrapping its apocalyptic, vehemently militant, sexist and homophobic vision in patriotic and religious rhetoric, dominionism seeks absolute power in a Christian state. Hedges's reportage profiles both former members and true believers, evoking the particular characteristics of this American variant of fascism. His argument against what he sees as a democratic society's suicidal tolerance for intolerant movements has its own paradoxes. But this urgent book forcefully illuminates what many across the political spectrum will recognize as a serious and growing threat to the very concept and practice of an open society."

excerpt from O - Oprah Magazine:

"Throughout, Hedges documents, and reflects on, what he feels is bigotry, the homophobia, the fanaticsm -- and the deeply un-Christian ideology -- that pose clear and present danger in our precious and fragile republic."