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Article: American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America.(Book review)
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- Journal of International Affairs
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- September 22, 2007
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AMERICAN FASCISTS: THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND THE WAR ON AMERICA Chris Hedges (New York: Free Press, 2007), 272 pages.
America's Christian Right has had a devil of a year. George Bush, the country's first modern evangelical president, is politically isolated; Jerry Falwell, founder of the Moral Majority, dead; and Ralph Reed, former director of the Christian Coalition, tarred by scandal. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, threatened to boycott the 2008 presidential election if Rudy Giuliani, a twice-divorced Catholic who supports abortion rights, wins the Republican nomination. As of this writing, Giuliani remains his party's frontrunner.
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