The 15% Solution

by Steven Jonas, Sarah Edgar (Illustrator)

Overview

Written as "true fiction" The 15% Solution's focuses on the threat of fascism, "American style," posed now by Christian fundamentalism operating within the confines of the Republican party. Its primary purpose is to show how a theocratic authoritarianism can be gradually introduced into any country, even the "world's greatest democracy," and behind a façade of legality, no less. In that sense it follows the tradition established by its major forebears: Jack London's The Iron Heel and Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, as if those authors had written those books with 20/20 hindsight.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016510279
Publisher:	Punto Press Publishing (Trepper & Katz)
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	582
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Steven Jonas, MD, MPH is a Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University (NY). He is a Fellow of: the New York Academy of Sciences (elected), the American College of Preventive Medicine, the New York Academy of Medicine, the American Public Health Association, and the Royal Society of Medicine (London). He is the author/co-author/editor/ co-editor of over 30 books and has published numerous articles and reviews in both the academic and the lay literature, on health policy, health and wellness, and athletics. On the political side, he is a Senior Editor, Politics, for The Greanville Post (http://www.greanvillepost.com/); Editorial Director and a Contributing Author for The Political Junkies for Progressive Democracy webmagazine (http://thepoliticaljunkies.org/); a Columnist for BuzzFlash@Truthout (http://www.buzzflash.com, http://www.truth-out.org/), a “Trusted Author“ for Op-Ed News (http://www.opednews.com/); and a Contributor to The Planetary Movement (http://www.planetarymovement.org/), as well as several other progressive webmagazines. He is also a 30-plus year triathlete and a certified ski instructor.

Editorial Reviews

Reminiscent of It Can Happen Here and The Iron Heel, the novel by Steven Jonas, The 15% Solution, looks into the future to fix the present, warning us eloquently about the dangers of religious fascism in America—a threat at present firmly encapsulated in the new Republican Party. The author visualizes a gradual takeover of the American government by Christian zealots and their prompt annihilation of the American Constitution, all perfectly prefigured in these fanatics’own words.

The Greanville Post - Branford Perry

Dr. Steven Jonas's novel The 15% Solution can in fact be traced back to the American Revolution despite the conventional wisdom that issued from our forefathers and foremothers (in this allegedly enlightened age): 1/3 wanted a revolution; 1/3 preferred English rule; and 1/3 seemed indifferent. Whatever the correct percentage needed for control, a willful minority poses a constant threat to the democratic process.

Cyrano's Journal Today - Joseph Dorinson