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Part One: The Birth of American Fascism

Behind the Bastards

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The Coming American Fascism

Lawrence Dennis published his second book, The Coming American Fascism. His basic argument was that Fascism was preferable to communism and the depression had proved that capitalism could not possibly continue. In 1933, a former Hollywood screenwriter named William Dudley Pelley founded the Silver Legion of America,. It actually grew far too quickly for the Italian fascist and Nazi parties to even manage.

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