Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Thank you for a thorough definition and overview of fascism. I recommend this book to anyone trying to understand what is going on now in America!

Amazing read and part of history everyone should know!

Stanley here clearly uses history, philosophy and culture to explain what America is barreling toward politically. He clearly connects the dots for anyone to understand. An important read in 2025.

Wow great book if your not afraid of truth.

Read this right after reading his book HOW FASCISM WORKS (which I recommend.) This book is for you if you: - Want to understand why some people are trying to get on school boards in order to control the curriculum. Seriously, like, what’s the big deal? - Realize now as an adult that the history you learned in school was missing a lot of people and/or their voices. Why? How? And why would there be pushback on making sure it was more accurate and thorough now that we know better? - Have heard that the information you hear/see/read is different than that of other people on social media, news/media coverage, books you can access in public libraries. Why don’t we all have the same thing? - Keep hearing people use words like ‘fascism’ and ‘autocracy,’ but don’t really understand what that means. And is it really a thing that could happen here in the US? - Don’t understand why we don’t have national automatic voter registration once we turn 18 or become American citizens. Wouldn’t that save a lot of hassle? - May still think it’s not that big a deal that people who have been convicted of a crime can’t vote anymore. Isn’t it their own fault? - Are doing the work to fight against people, organizations that are trying to limit access to books and a full public education. Want some reference points, examples. It took me about 4.5 or 5 hours to listen to it, and it made so many connections happen in my brain about what’s going on and why as I took my walks, did my chores, and drove around, all in language I could understand. Definitely recommend.

Well written and easy read. Author respected, and highly credentialed. Logical and well sourced (backed up with evidence). People should be reading to understand how far right wing bias, distortions and agenda have been slowly poisoning peoples minds and destroying our previously shared history. By erasing our shared knowlege of history, empathy is being undermined and values that formed the foundation of our rights (honesty, integrity, equal rights, the value of every person, compassion for others, etc) are being destroyed.

Excellent for being up to date for what is happening to our countries history

Very writing explanation of fascism in today's political world.

Stanley has hit the nail on the head with this seminal book. He discusses all the elements of facism and authoritianism and how they threaten our - often taken for granted - freedoms. Read the book. Wake up and fight back!

Quick read, alarming topic but something we all need to be concerned about,

Me ha gustado mucho la acertada explicación de la progresiva perdida actual de capacidad crítica de nuestras sociedades llamadas democraticas .