The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915

An eye-opening work of narrative history tracing the roots of American fascism back to the Antebellum South. "Kelly tells this story with vivid immediacy." -ADAM HOCHSCHILD "A sweeping and much needed work of history." -GREG GRANDIN When American fascists suddenly goose­stepped down Main Street in the 1930s, fascism was seen by the rest of the country as a terrifying and radical new European import. It was not. It didn't come from abroad. Nor was it new or radical. The seed of American fasc...