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Thank you, Heather Cox Richardson
Jan. 9th, 2026 10:55 pmFrom the US Department of War (in 1945, before it was renamed the Department of Defense), a pamphlet directed to US military personnel:
https://archive.org/details/ArmyTalkOrientationFactSheet64-Fascism/mode/2up
It's self-congratulatory wartime propaganda, of course, but it makes very clear that we can't assume fascism will never come to our shores, and must learn how to recognize it when we see it, even if it's wrapped in an American rather than a German, Italian, or Japanese flag.
https://archive.org/details/ArmyTalkOrientationFactSheet64-Fascism/mode/2up
It's self-congratulatory wartime propaganda, of course, but it makes very clear that we can't assume fascism will never come to our shores, and must learn how to recognize it when we see it, even if it's wrapped in an American rather than a German, Italian, or Japanese flag.
