America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators by Heilbrunn, Jacob

America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

Why is today's Republican Party, which claims to be the defender of American values, so drawn to...
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Author: Jacob Heilbrunn
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America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators by Heilbrunn, Jacob

America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

€40,61

America Last: The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators

€40,61
Author: Jacob Heilbrunn
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Why is today's Republican Party, which claims to be the defender of American values, so drawn to the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the brazenly illiberal Victor Orban, who has crushed an independent judiciary and political dissent in Hungary? As Jacob Heilbrunn shows, the obvious affection conservatives display for foreign autocrats, though a striking and seemingly inexplicable fact of our current moment, dates to the First World War. Since that time, leading intellectuals, journalists, and politicians on the right have always been drawn to what they perceive as the impressive strength of authoritarians abroad--including Kaiser Wilhelm, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, and Augusto Pinochet--who offered models of how to fight back against liberalism and progressivism domestically. For decades, conservatives railed against communist fellow travelers in America, but have their own delusional history of apologetics. In this fast-paced, often-droll account, Heilbrunn argues that dictator worship is a longstanding romantic impulse that fits firmly within the modern American political tradition--and shows what it means for us today.

Author: Jacob Heilbrunn
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781324094661


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2023 pg. 17

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