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Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International | 
| Author: Kevin Coogan
Publisher: Autonomedia
Category: Book
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Pages: 644
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 1570270392
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.533092
EAN: 9781570270390
ASIN: 1570270392
Publication Date: November 1, 1999
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Francis Parker Yockey, a lawyer and former war-crimes prosecutor, was one of the most enigmatic figures inside the far right in both Europe and America. While he is best known today for his book Imperium, a huge tome often described as a Mein Kampf for modern-day neo-Nazis, his life remains a mystery. Pursued by the U.S. Government for almost a decade, Yockey was arrested by the FBI in 1960. Shortly after his capture, he was found dead in his jail cell. An autopsy showed that the 43-year old mystery man had swallowed a cyanide capsule. Yockeys story takes us into the heart of the postwar Fascist International, a shadow Reich composed of spies, conspirators, and occultists.
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 Thorough October 25, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A extremely thorough examination of the life and ideas of Francis Parker Yokey, American fascist, that definitely leads one to the conclusion that Dutch council communist Otto Ruhle was correct, at least in spirit, - "The struggle against fascism begins with the struggle against Bolshevism." This book shows how the gap between the right and left wings of national socialism can be bridged, sealing the divide that occurred in the NSDAP between Adolph Hitler and Gregor Strasser. After all, Bolshevism is national socialist as well.
 A great mass of obscure and interesting facts July 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this book to be quite useful in presenting background on so many Fascists and National Socialists and those of related mind, their connections to each other, the different organizations and publications they ran or participated in and the evolution and development of these over many decades.
The book's focus is on the 'postwar' period but really its information digs deep into the 1920 and 1930s, and the war itself, again as background but really in presentation of a more thorough history.
Unfortunately the author, like so many others, confuses Fascism with National Socialism, arbitrarily presenting the latter as a sort of variant on the former. The differences between the two are dramatic at the philosophical level, and the main reasons they seem to coalesce are their opposition to the present world establishment and to communism and left-'progressive' forces as a major component of that establishment.
Fascism is essentially a reactionary force responsive to communism and capitalism, whereas National Socialism is more of a genuinely revolutionary, racially eugenic philosophy of life.
Interestingly, the author demonstrates the weakness of 'Fascists' in sometimes falling into the communist 'temptation' in their seekings after power and change, and the various real or abortive alliances sought therein.
I think that the biggest strength of this book is its documentation of so many obscure publications, books, authors, and organizations, all interlaced to one degree or another with each other. Thus the book is a great resource for further reading and study.
Reads almost like a "who's-who" of the postwar radical "right" October 8, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book centres around two subjects, one is the life and person of Francis Parker Yockey and the other is his contemporaries and people of a similar mind that is somehow connected to him. Even though both "parts" are great, the latter is the better one of them. You get to learn quite a bit of Yockey's "political life", but not very much of either his philosophy or Yockey as a person. It would have been nice if he had got some more descriptions of how other people felt about this genius they had met. But, being the only book about Yockey out there, I can't complain much. Coogan writes from the perspective of a liberal left-winger, but surprisingly you don't notice it much. To his credit, I must say its one of the most unbiased books I've ever read that is written by someone from the "outside".
The other part of the book deals with various people, organizations and ideas that is in some way connected to Yockey. This is very good, and if you're interested in this theme, a must-read. I read the book in 2 days, and the pages just flew by. You get a lot of ideas for various people and books to research further by reading this one. Yockey died in the 60's, but his legacy is more or less only coming to life in these days. His popularity is increasing, with the various New-Right movements that have come to life in Europe, and to some degree in America. If you are interested in Yockey, or post-war political radicalism, then you'll be in heaven by reading this book. I honestly loved it, and I'm betting you will too. Another thing about it, is if you as a "leftist-person" or of a "left-bending" mind, have ever wondered how the "right-wingers" can think and view the world the way they do, then this is an perfect introduction into "our" world of "evil". Highly recommended!
Dreamer of the Day March 8, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is a huge book that chronicles a mostly unknown part of the history of white nationalism. It mainly focuses on Francis Parker Yockey but also has a lot of interesting info on Evola, Spengler, Viereck and other lesser known figures in the post ww2 fascist underground.
Yockey was an (arguably) insane genius type who led a cloak and dagger existance throughout Europe and America. This book does its best to piece his movements and activities together. Yockey was best known for his book Imperium which very few people actually read while Yockey was alive. Yockey is much like Julius Evola and Savitri Devi in that more people read their works now than when they were living. It seems to be all the rage in certain quarters to claim to be into Yockey, Evola and Devi as of late.
From what I understand a good portion of the research for Dreamer of the Day was done by a so called "right wing" type who was very much into Yockeys ideologies and turned over his info to Coogan shortly before his death. Coogan, although a leftist, is a very fair and impartial writer and did a great job with this book. This is certainly one of the best books written to date that covers any section of white nationalist history.
A very narrow focus October 13, 2005
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Kevin Coogan has given us something rare: a sustained, very detailed, very serious examination of a completely obscure, really small topic.
The book is a long biography of someone called Francis Parker Yockey, an American Nazi writer and organizer, who died in 1960 at age 43. Yockey's big opus "Imperium," emulating Spengler and other such writers, was a know-all interpretation of all of history past, present, and especially future. All very deep. Yockey's other contribution was his admiring interpretation of Soviet Communism, but only after Yockey judged it to have sufficiently turned against the Jews. This analysis, again, very sophisticated, very deep.
Yockey also had a knack of quarreling with just about everyone he knew, especially with those who shared his views. When a fellow Nazi thought that he might not have purely Aryan background, Yockey shot back: "My height is that of Adolf Hitler, my complexion is white ... you will give me satisfaction [at a duel] ... I shall flog you before witnesses. "
Who would care about a nasty crackpot like that ? Who would spend time researching all the nooks and crannies of that kind of life ? Well, Coogan did, and he deserves our thanks, at least moderately so.
Yockey's life could indeed have been a very significant subject if it had been used as an example in a wider study of the Nazi fringe in America. Coogan gives us precious little of that kind of material. He does tell us something, for example, about the Nazi propagandist Willis Carto. But Carto's interesting recent history -- quarrels with other neo-Nazis, etc. -- are not covered. Coogan is too focused on Yockey to ever tell us much about related persons and grouplets. A broader focus would have made this book much more valuable.
Nevertheless, I am glad that Coogan did all this digging. At least now we have the goods on one American Nazi, if not the whole phenomenon.
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