CITY LIGHTS BOOKS are edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Nancy J. For personal orders and catalogs, please write to City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94133. Our books are also available through library jobbers and regional distributors. HX44.5.P35 1997 335.43 -dc21 97-119 CIP City Lights Books are available to bookstores through our primary distributor: Subterranean Company, P.O. Peters Typography: Harvest Graphics Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Parenti, Michael, 1933Blackshirts and reds : rational fascism and the overthrow of communism I Michael Parenti. MICHAEL PARENTI BLACKSHIRTS & Rational Fascism & the Overthrow Communism of BLACKSHIRTS & RED Parenti, Michael, 1933- Blackshirts & reds By Michael Parenti Dirty Truths (1996) Against Empire ( 1995) Democracy for the Few (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1995) Land of Idols: Political Mythology in America ( 1994) Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media ( 1986, 2nd edition, 1993) Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment ( 1992) The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution, and the Arms Race (1989) Power and the Powerless (1978) Ethnic and Political Attitudes ( 1975) Trends and Tragedies in American Foreign Policy (1971) The Anti-Communist Impulse (1969) MICHAEL PARENTI BLACKSHIRTS & Rational Fascism & the Overthrow of Communism CITY LIGHTS BOOKS San Francisco © 1997 by Michael Parenti All Rights Reserved 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover design: Nigel French Book design: Nancy J.

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