The Coming of the American Behemoth : The Origins of Fascism in the United States, 1920 -1940

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Preface
Introduction: Fascism as the Dictatorship of Capital
Part 1. The Germ of Fascism in the Prosperous 1920s
1. The Wonders of American Capitalism in the New Era
2. Fascist Processes in Capitalist Accumulation
3. The Spectacle of Prosperity and Necessity of Spin
4. Every Man a Capitalist? Fascist Ideology of Businessmen in 1920s America
5. The Paradox of Capitalist Progress, 1922–1929
6. Onset of the 1929 Crisis and the Pivot toward Fascism
Part 2. The General Crisis and Embryonic Fascism in the 1930s
7. “Years of the Locust” and the Call for a Mussolini
8. The New Deal as a Transition to Fascism?
9. “A Smokescreen over America”
10. The Class Character of Embryonic American Fascism
11. Roosevelt on Fascism and the False Dichotomy of Good vs. Bad Capitalism
12. The Seminal Work of Robert A. Brady on Fascism in the Business System
Conclusion: Fascism and the Problem of American Exceptionalism
Epilogue
Notes
Index