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"King tells the rather scary tale of Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr., leader of various political groups, perennial fringe-candidate for the presidency, accused cult leader, and convicted conman.
The book traces LaRouche's rise from obscurity as a Marxist and member of the 1960's New Left movement to his place at the forefront of America's extremist right at the head of the National Committee of Labor Caucuses, a group of loosely affiliated political organizations across the globe that many claim is a cult which brainwashes its followers.
Along the way, King recounts tales of LaRouche's many presidential campaigns, his organization's illegal fundraising practices, his advocacy of the Strategic Defense Initiative as a means of world conquest, his "dirty tricks" campaigns against journalists who investigate him, his conspiracy theories, which have involved such diverse figures as the Jews, the Rockefeller family, the Queen of England, and Jimmy Carter, his open-secret friendship with members of President Reagan's National Security Council, his smear-campaigns against infamous right-wingers Roy Cohn and Henry Kissinger, his connections to the CIA and the Ku Klux Klan, his use of physical violence to intimidate leftist groups, his dealings with Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and American mob boss Jackie Presser, and, finally, his 1987 conviction in federal court for fraud and obstruction of justice.
Although King fails to prove his case that LaRouche, who was paroled from prison over a decade ago to retake control of the NCLC, is a fascist, he still paints a terrifying portrait of a man who has made a career of ruining lives and careers for his own political and material gain and would, if he ever gained a sufficient level of support, be very dangerous indeed for America."
James Craver, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- politician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Politician story?
- Left wing pol fighting right wing
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
- obsessed
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Germany
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- concerned
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- selfishness
- wicked men
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A lot 11-15 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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