Forthcoming in June 2024 from Arktos
Why Did It Happen?
Why America Went "Communist"
– and How to Undo It
A new book by
Stephen Baskerville, PhD
View the Table of Contents and read a draft of the Introduction here.
Why was the far Left able to stage what amounts to a coup d'etat and take effective control of the US government? This is the first book to explain the disturbing political crisis since early 2020. It is not another recitation of well-known events, nor another tirade against the Left. It also does not offer wishlists of impossible solutions, which have no hope of being enacted. The aim instead is to explain why the extreme Left was allowed to take power and what practically can be done about it. Attention is devoted to the failures of the organized, professional Right in allowing the Left to ascend to power, but we all bear some responsibility for neglecting serious problems and permitting foolish policies that resulted in this debacle. Finally, the book offers a feasible blueprint for how to effectively oppose the radical Left and free ourselves from its grip, becuase it is based on what some Americans are already undertaking spontaneously. As always with Baskerville's work, the reader will be forced to think “outside the box” and pushed outside his “comfort zone” and encouraged to rethink his assumptions about our global crisis as a prelude to constructive action.
Early Endorsements
"Professor Baskerville is one of the most brilliant intellectuals in the United States at the moment. His latest book discusses the political events over the last decades that led to the absolute defeat of the Right and the hegemonic rise of a totalitarian Left. The book particularly describes the events of the last four years, including electoral fraud, mass psychosis, Covid, etc. Of particular interest to me is his superb analysis of the ongoing violations of civil rights and constitutional rights that are derived, in large part, from judicial corruption and lawfare operations. His explanation of the deterioration of higher education also fascinated me, mainly because I am able to testify as a legal academic to the veracity of the facts so richly presented. As Baskerville points out, the political class in that country must be undermined and the inalienable rights of every American citizen be fully restored. In sum, "Why Did It Happen" is truly mandatory reading for anyone who wishes to understand the times and receive practical instructions on how to restore American citizenship and political stability. This is a fantastic book and couldn't recommend more!"
– Augusto Zimmermann, Professor and Head of Law, Sheridan College, Perth,
and author, Merchants of Death: Global Oligarchs and Their War On Humanity
“Do you ever wonder how and why America was taken over by woke ideology? Do you throw your hands up in despair over the mental health of our kids or wonder why our country is failing families and communities? If you are like me and wonder daily about these issues, read Stephen Baskerville’s new book. It just might help us save Western civilization.”
– Helen Smith, PhD, author, Men on Strike
“Stephen Baskerville to his credit never holds back in indicting the conservative establishment for the disastrous victory of the and its even more pernicious offspring such as gay marriage and trans ideology. This author does not conveniently separate the feminist destruction of traditional gender roles from those developments that came in its wake. This revolution has been all of a piece.”
– Professor Paul Gottfried, Editor-in-Chief, Chronicles, and author, Antifascism: The Course of a Crusade
"No one matches the authority of Stephen Baskerville on this subject. In a marvelously precise and well-documented series of chapters, he shows the decades-old roots of our current cultural and political malaise. I particularly appreciate his ability to convey a great deal of information concisely and elegantly. Chapters on academia and foreign policy are shocking and compelling.
This is an extremely important book."
– Professor Janice Fiamengo, University of Ottawa, and author, The Fiamengo File
A must read for anyone who cares about freedom and Machiavellian political intrigues. A cautionary tale about the consequences of lacking self-reflection and not understanding or rising to the challenges ahead of us.
– Roger Kiska, Legal Counsel, Christian Legal Centre
“In Why America Went “Communist”, Stephen Baskerville not only conducts a masterful postmortem on the great American experiment, but points the way to resurrecting the same. This is must reading for every man (and woman) who longs for a return to sanity.”
– Paul Elam, author, Men. Women. Relationships:
Surviving the Plague of Modern Masculinity
"Stephen Baskerville has been at the forefront of America’s moral and cultural decline. His New Politics of Sex (2017) remains unsurpassed in exposing the ruinous impact of divorce. Why Did It Happen reveals the why-and-how of the Left’s takeover of our nation’s institutions with the same probity. Even more, Baskerville shows us how to fight back.
– Deal W. Hudson, President, the Morley Institute of Church and Culture, and host, Church and Culture program, Ave Maria Radio
Readers' Comments about Past Books and Articles
"Baskerville has claims to being the world’s pre-eminent scholar. He’s always eminently readable, makes complete sense and knows of what he speaks. More power to him."
-- Reader's comment at the New English Review
"Baskerville is the world’s pre-eminent academic, although with all due respect, that’s not saying much these days."
-- Chronicles magazine reader's comment
"The world's greatest academic."
-- Substack reader's comment
“It's not often that books from academia are unputdownable and required reading, but Baskerville makes a habit of writing such. … No claim is undocumented, and yet most uncharacteristically of his scholastic brethren, he is eminently readable, which of course makes him a damned fine writer.”
-- Amazon reader's review
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