The Washington Times had a very nice feature on 'Domestic Enemies'.
George Washington and America’s other Founding Fathers faced off against homegrown radical leftists after they booted out the British and adopted a new constitution, according to a new book by investigative journalist Daniel Greenfield.
“Domestic Enemies: The Founding Fathers’ Fight Against the Left” (Simon & Schuster 2024) examines how leftist ideology made its way into the U.S. long before the 1960s or even German political and economic socialist theorist Karl Marx.
“The Left is America’s oldest enemy,” Mr. Greenfield said in an interview with The Washington Times.
The book describes the political trials and tribulations of post-revolutionary America starting with President Washington’s first term and the subsequent power grabs and political turmoil that echo in today’s events.
“Domestic Enemies” tells of how early America’s political class confronted challenges including stolen elections, fake news, race riots, globalism and socialism.
In the interview, Mr. Greenfield said he began writing the book in 2020 when the Black Lives Matter riots sprang up across the country.
“People had the sense that we are at the end of history. Nothing like this had happened before. We could never cope with this,” he said. “A lot of my first chapter focuses on the fact that history was replaying itself.”
Mr. Greenfield calls it a “200-plus year war” against the left’s takeover of America which he said dates back to when the French Revolution went in a more violent and politically wayward direction than the earlier American Revolution.
Read the full article at the Washington Times.
