From the Publisher
“As in his previous works, Horne proves adept at detailing the saga of a politically minded individual confronted with race-based constraints. He is admirably evenhanded in addressing a character with political views diametrically opposed to his own. Horne rightfully portrays Dennis as 'heartless, pitiless, and desensitized [in his] approach to life and politics,’ but he also convincingly argues that the author of The Coming American Fascism (1936) developed such a personality due to discrimination as a youth and fear of radical exposure as an adult.”
-Journal of American History
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“This is, then, a serious and important book written by a very talented historian.”
-American Historical Review
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“Shedding light on both passing and the formation of a proposed “fascism with a human face,” this book will prove useful for scholars of race and class in the US as well as scholars of fascist doctrine and theory.”
-Choice
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“With his characteristic verve, Horne has written an excellent book about the fascinating and mysterious Lawrence Dennis. This pairing of the leftist black intellectual Horne and the racially-closeted fascist Dennis makes for an exciting exploration of obscure terrain that warrants more notice. Horne has performed an important service by revealing so vividly Dennis's strange but instructive career.”
-Randall Kennedy,Harvard Law School
“I am almost certainly not alone in expressing surprise that Lawrence Dennis, the principal American intellectual fascist, was an African American who 'passed' for white. In the process of explaining Dennis's rise and how his secret minority status shaped his political extremism, Gerald Horne has researched and written a compelling and significant history of American fascism.”
-Kenneth Janken,author of White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP