Ebook {Epub PDF} Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America by Bertram M. Gross

First published over three decades ago, Friendly Fascism is uncannily predictive of the threats and realities of current political and economic power trends. Author Bertram Gross, a presidential adviser during the New Deal era, traces the history and logic of declining democracy in First World countries and pinpoints capitalist transnational growth and inappropriate responses to global crises as the sources /5(83). This is a relatively short but extremely cogent and well-argued treatise on the rise of a form of fascistic thought and social politics in late 20th century America. Author Bertram Gross' thesis is quite straightforward; the power elite that comprises the corporate, governmental and military superstructure of the country is increasingly inclined to employ every element in their formidable arsenal of `friendly Cited by: friendly about fascism, either in its classical form or in the new face that it wears in contemporary America. Gross adopts the term in an effort to overcome the common misconception that fascism means overt brutality, overnight coups and marching storm troopers. His concern is with a process which is much more subtle but no less effective. He is also careful to point out that friendly fascism is not .

Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America. Friendly Fascism.: Bertram Myron Gross. South End Press, - Political Science - pages. 2 Reviews. Widely acclaimed and hotly debated, this provocative and original look at current trends in the United States presents a grim forecast of a possible totalitarian future--a book that. Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America. by Bertram Gross, Mark Crispin Miller (Editor), Friendly Fascism is uncannily predictive of the threats and realities of current political and economic power trends. Author Bertram Gross, a presidential adviser during the New Deal era, traces the history and logic of declining democracy in. Author Bertram Gross' thesis is quite straightforward; the power elite that comprises the corporate, governmental and military superstructure of the country is increasingly inclined to employ every element in their formidable arsenal of `friendly persuasion' to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Americans through what Gross refers to as.

Bertram M. Gross. · Rating details · ratings · 23 reviews. This provocative and original look at current trends in the United States presents a grim forecast of a possible totalitarian future. The author shows how the chronic problems faced by the U.S. in the late twentieth century require increasing collusions between Big Business and Big Government in order to 'manage' society in the interests of the rich and powerful. First published over three decades ago, Friendly Fascism is uncannily predictive of the threats and realities of current political and economic power trends. Author Bertram Gross, a presidential adviser during the New Deal era, traces the history and logic of declining democracy in First World countries and pinpoints capitalist transnational growth and inappropriate responses to global crises as the sources of late 20th-century despotism in America. excerpts from the book Friendly Fascism The New Face of Power in America by Bertram Gross South End Press, , paper "As long as an economic system provides an acceptable degree of security, growing material wealth and opportunity for further increase for the next generation, the average American does not ask who is running things or what goals are being pursued.".