''Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning'' is a book by

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, a syndicated columnist and an editor of the online opinion and news publication ''

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.'' In contrast to the mainstream view among historians and political scientists that fascism is a far-right ideology, Goldberg argues in the book that fascist movements were and are

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. Published in January 2008, it reached number one on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list of hardcover non-fiction in its seventh week on the list.

Origin of title

Goldberg has said in interviews that the title ''Liberal Fascism'' was taken from a 1932 speech by science fiction pioneer

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.. Before being published, alternative subtitles included ''The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton'' and ''The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods''.

Reception

In January 2010, the

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published essays by

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Robert Paxton Robert Owen Paxton (born June 15, 1932) is an American political scientist and historian specializing in Vichy France, fascism, and Europe during the World War II era. He is Mellon Professor Emeritus of Social Science in the Department of History ...

Roger Griffin Roger David Griffin (born 31 January 1948) is a British professor of modern history and political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England. His principal interest is the socio-historical and ideological dynamics of fascism, as well as v ...

, Matthew Feldman,

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and

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criticizing ''Liberal Fascism''. These reviews denounced the book as being "poor scholarship", "propaganda", and not scholarly. History News Network also published a response by Goldberg, which several authors then responded to.

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