The Communist

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The Communist

â€œI admire Russia for wiping out an economic system which permitted a handful of rich to exploit and beat gold from the millions of plain peopleâ€¦ As one who believes in freedom and democracy for all, I honor the Red nation.â€ â€”FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS, 1947

In his memoir, Barack Obama omits the full name of his mentor, simply calling him â€œFrank.â€ Now, the truth is out: Never has a figure as deeply troubling and controversial as Frank Marshall Davis had such an impact on the development of an American president.

Although other radical influences on Obama, from Jeremiah Wright to Bill Ayers, have been scrutinized, the public knows little about Davis, a card-carrying member of the Communist Party USA, cited by the Associated Press as an â€œimportant influenceâ€ on Obama, one whom he â€œlooked toâ€ not merely for â€œadvice on livingâ€ but as a â€œfatherâ€ figure.

Aided by access to explosive declassified FBI files, Soviet archives, and Davisâ€™s original newspaper columns, Paul Kengor explores how Obama sought out Davis and how Davis found in Obama an impressionable young man, one susceptible to Davisâ€™s worldview that opposed American policy and traditional values while praising communist regimes. Kengor sees remnants of this worldview in Obamaâ€™s early life and even, ultimately, his presidency.

Is Obama working to fulfill the dreams of Frank Marshall Davis? That question has been impossible to answer, since Davisâ€™s writings and relationship with Obama have either been deliberately obscured or dismissed as irrelevant. With Paul Kengorâ€™s The Communist, Americans can finally weigh the evidence and decide for themselves.

Country	USA
Author	Paul Kengor
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781451698152
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink
Manufacturer	Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink
NumberOfPages	402
PublicationDate	2012-07-17
Publisher	Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink
ReleaseDate	2012-07-17
Studio	Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink

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