Liberal fascism : the secret history of the American left, from Mussolini to the politics of meaning / Jonah Goldberg.

Originally published by Doubleday in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [430]-484) and index.

Introduction : everything you know about fascism is wrong -- 1. Mussolini : the father of fascism -- 2. Adolf Hitler : man of the Left -- 3. Woodrow Wilson and the birth of liberal fascism -- 4. Franklin Roosevelt's fascist New Deal -- 5. The 1960s : fascism takes to the streets -- 6. From Kennedy's myth to Johnson's dream : liberal fascism and the cult of the state -- 7. Liberal racism : the eugenic ghost in the fascist machine -- 8. Liberal fascist economics -- 9. Brave new village : Hillary Clinton and the meaning of liberal fascism -- 10. The new age : we're all fascists now -- Afterword : the tempting of conservatism -- App. The Nazi Party platform.

Liberal fascism offers a new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics. Replacing conveniently manufactured myths with surprising and enlightening research, Jonah Goldberg reminds us that the original fascists were really on the left, and that liberals from Woodrow Wilson to FDR to Hillary Clinton have advocated policies and principles remarkably similar to those of Hitler's National Socialism and Mussolini's Fascism." "These assertions may sound strange to modern ears, but that is simply because we have forgotten what fascism is. In this angry, funny, smart, contentious book, Jonah Goldberg turns our preconceptions inside out and shows us the true meaning of liberal fascism.