Completed: 10/11/2025
Recommendation: Highly recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
It is interesting to hear how fascists fight to get rid of history. It is important that the history of a fascist state be "good" and attributable to the fascists. Stanley argues that a large part of the work happens in schools where history is codified among children. This explains the focus on censorship of books in the school libraries. The justification was that someone could always go to the regular library to read the book, but the regular library is coming under fire.
History is also better when viewed from many facets (several people can experience the same event in different ways). Fascists, however, want to control the story (honestly, like everything else), so they want one history to be told (their history). This is short book, but it is very clear and the topics covered are kept close to actual history and its erasure which allows for some context while at the same time applying brevity. Very well done.
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