Madeleine Albright - Fascism - A Warning

Spengler, Otto, 57, 167

Spencer, Herbert, 12

Spieglová, Růžena, 65–66

Stalin, Joseph

as Fascist, 8

character and personality, 80

contrasted with Hitler, 80–81

Czechoslovakia and, 84

Korean War and, 190

Putin’s grandfather and, 80

Putin’s father and, 156

ruthlessness of, 70, 81, 89

Spanish Civil War and, 50

totalitarianism and, 162

use of the word Fascist , 79

world domination and, 88

World War II and, 70, 71, 83

Stone, I. F., 88

Sudan, 97

Suharto, Hajji, 168

Sweden, Democrats, 182

Swift, Jonathan, 92

Syria, 152, 166, 197, 248

Tajikistan, 97

Taylor, Zachary, 227

technology, 111–12

“Big Brother” angle, 10

extremist use of, 10–11

first rule of deception and, 11

information dissemination and, 114

misinformation and, 114

See also social media

Thailand, 213

Time for Gifts, A (Fermor), 29, 260n29

Torrijos, Omar, 123

totalitarianism, 11, 72

Kim Il-sung and North Korea, 191–92

Putin and, 162–63

in the Soviet Union, 3, 89, 116, 162

Trotsky, Leon, 51

Truman, Harry, 6, 83, 88, 227

Point Four Program, 6, 88

United Nations and, 95, 97

Trump, Donald, 6, 209–23, 234

admiration for autocrats, 211

America First and, 216–19

anti-democratic instincts, 246

appeal to autocracies, 5, 245–46

Bahrain and, 210–11

demagoguery of, 215–16

democracy and, 5, 7, 220, 246

Duterte and, 210

election of, 4–5, 233, 248, 252

EU and, 220

foreign policy of, 216–19

fulfillment of campaign promises, 220–21

global influence of, 212

human rights and, 210, 211, 212, 213, 220

immigration policy of, 5, 209, 211, 221

international assessment of, 220

Iran nuclear deal and, 221

Islam and, 5, 221–22

judiciary criticized by, 5

media/journalism and, 5, 212–13

Merkel and, 220

nationalism of, 5, 6

NATO, 218

North Korea and Kim Jong-un, 202–3, 211

poem about the foolish woman and the snake, 209

as supposed populist, 228

positive actions, 220

potential damage by, 221

“Principled Realism” of, 216

on Putin, 211

Russia and, 164

self-image, 219–20

el-Sisi and, 210

speech in Harrisburg, Pa. (April 2017), 214–15

trade policy of, 211, 219, 220–21, 222

Trans-Pacific Partnership, 222

troubling aspects of foreign relations and, 211–12, 223

Turkey’s Erdoğan and, 211

Venezuela and, 135

as wake-up call for American democracy, 237–38

Tunisia, 110

Turkey, 88

anti-West sentiment in, 141–42

attempted coup (2016), 147–49

city of Siirt, 137

diaspora in Europe, 151

dissent in, 146–47

divisions in, 152–53

earthquake (1999) and, 141

Erdoğan and, 137–53, 210–11, 248

EU and, 139, 144–45, 151, 152

Gülenists and, 148–49, 153

history of, 138–39

Islam in, 138, 139, 140–41, 146

Istanbul, 143–44

Justice and Development Party (AKP), 138, 141, 142, 144–46, 149–51, 153

under Kemal, 138–39, 140

Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), 152

Kurds and, 141, 147, 150

media/journalism and, 145–46, 149

military in, 142–43, 145, 147–49

in NATO, 139

as a parliamentary democracy, 139, 142, 152–53

protests (2013), 146–47

repression in, 149–50

Russia and, 152

terrorism and, 152, 153

undemocratic practices in, 119

use of social media in, 114

women’s rights in, 139, 146

Turkmenistan, 244

Tusk, Donald, 176

Uganda, 244

Ukraine, 4, 71, 165–66, 220

downing of Malaysia Airlines plane, 166

United Kingdom

Brexit movement, 115–16, 181

D-Day landings, Normandy, 208–9

German bombing of, 67–69

Mosley and Fascism in, 57–58

Mussolini’s rejection of, 44

New Party, 57

United Nations, 88, 95, 97

Mandela’s valedictory address, 252

United States

Albright’s family in, 1–3

Alliance for Progress, 92

anti-Semitism in, 62

anti-terror legislation and, 234

“Atoms for Peace” program, 92

birth of, 208

China and, 92

Congressional right to declare war, 234

D-Day landings, Normandy, 208–9, 211

degradation of political conversation in, 244–45

democratic ideals of, 7, 207, 209, 238

Fascist opportunity in, 61–62, 232–39

foreign policy, purpose of, 200–201

Hitler’s view of, 207–8

human rights and, 92, 105, 213–14

immigration issues and, 61, 183, 185, 248

international leadership and, 4, 7, 220

labels for Communists, 89

leadership, issue of trust and, 236

loss of faith in government, 112–13

media/journalism in, 236–37

NATO and, 88, 161

North Korean threat to, 202

Panama Canal Treaty, 123

Paris Peace Conference and, 87

partisanship in, 238–39, 244–45

populism in, 226–28, 226n

postwar programs and alliances, 6–7, 88

power of the presidency, 234

promoting democracy and, 116–17

questions to be asked of prospective leaders, 252–53

racial discrimination in, 208

ranked as “flawed democracy” in 2017, 112–13

Red Scare and McCarthyism, 89–92

Russia and, 157, 166–67

Russian election meddling, 164–65, 166

as symbol of hope and freedom, 207–8

Trump presidency, 4–6, 209–23, 233, 248

Wilson’s global vision and, 13

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 105

Venezuela, 141, 213

austerity measures and unrest, 125

as autocracy, 119

Bolivar and, 124

Chávez as leader in, 121–22, 124–33

crime in, 133

crisis in (2017), 134–35

Maduro as president, 133–35

name and history of, 124

use of social media in, 114

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 18, 19, 21–23, 45, 74, 75, 86

Wałęsa, Lech, 170, 177

Wallace, George, 226–27

Walsh, Father Edmund, S.J., 90n

Washington, George, 61, 221

Weaver, James B., 226

Wilders, Geert, 183

Wilhelm II, Kaiser, 32

Wilson, Woodrow

global vision, 13

making the world safe for democracy, 106

Wire, The (TV show), 166

World Bank, 88, 248

World War I

aftermath, doctrine of self-determination, 13

Allies, 18–19

Battle of Caporetto, 18

Churchill on, 13

failure of democratic idealism following, 13–14

fall of the Ottoman Empire and, 138

Fascism arising from, 88

Germany and, 29, 32, 70

Hitler and, 31–32

Hungary’s lost territory and, 55, 172

Italy and, 17, 18

Mussolini and, 17–18

Paris Peace Conference, 19, 87–88, 172

World War II

Allies invade Italy, 74–76

Britain captures Italian merchant fleet, 48

Churchill rejects Hitler’s peace demands, 67

D-Day landings, Normandy, 208–9, 211

German advances, 47, 66–67

German and Italian attack on Greece, 48–49

German bombing of Britain, 67–69

German high point of the war, 66–67

German invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1, 60, 101, 218

German invasion of Poland, 47, 49, 58

German invasion of the Soviet Union, 49, 70–72

Germany’s defeat, 77–78

Holocaust, 2, 56, 65–66

Hungary enters as Axis ally, 56

Italy and, 47–49, 74–76

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 216

in North Africa, 69

Putin’s parents and, 155–56

reaction to, and regional integration, 178

Siege of Leningrad, 155–56