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Paul Kengor, Ph.D., is a bestselling author whose works include Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century; God and Ronald Reagan; God and George W. Bush; God and Hillary Clinton; and The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. His articles regularly appear in publications ranging from USA TODAY to The New York Times, plus numerous academic journals. A professor at Grove City College, Kengor is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Kengor earned his bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and his master’s from American University.
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"Just the facts, ma'am." Remember Sergeant Friday on Drag Net? Collect the facts before you develop any theory. This is a compendium of facts on the man who mentored an American President. There are also facts on those around the president - facts that make sense when you look at the team as a whole. I read about Lincoln's cabinet in Team of Rivals. This is not as focused on the team, but they are included.
At first I was afraid this might be some screaming right-wing zealot, but I found out differently. Dr. Kengor has been in the habit of researching the mentors of recent American Presidents. He did this for Reagan, Clinton, and both Bushes I believe (correct me if I am wrong.) This is an interesting niche for a historian - 'Study the man who made the man'. It was his work long before this president even thought about running for office.
I was interested to hear our President cite the subject of this book in his own biography. I heard the President speak about how important this man was to him. I heard it in the President's own voice on my audiobook. I buy Kengor's books as hard copies, rather than as audiobooks, because every fact is footnoted with original sources and many documents and photographs are included. You miss these valuable details in audiobooks.
Fact based, many references, writes with clarity, not boring at all. Very interesting the approach he takes on Frank Marshall Davis Jr. A non-fiction journal jam packed with so much verifiable referenced information. Highly recommend. The times, communism, historical background in America on how communism wormed its way in plus tremendous insight into Barack Obama growing up.
This book is about Frank. Frank had a problem: he hated his country. What did he do? He became a member of the Communist Party of the USA (#47544), where people who hated America found a other people they could party with.
Frank Marshall Davis was an African-American born in Kansas in 1905. He would later become a journalist, writing on civil rights issues. Still later, he would fall into a bad crowd, like Paul Robeson (who would be awarded the Stalin Peace Prize) and Ben Davis, associate editor for the Daily Worker. During WWII, a war which saw the CPUSA flop TWICE on orders from Moscow and also saw many American "progressives" quit in disgust, Frank decided to get on board. He edited Red papers in Atlanta and Chicago before suddenly packing up and moving to Hawaii.
Frank never deviated from the Party Line. Even as America revived Europe with the Marshall Plan and Truman rid the Armed Forces of segregation via executive order Frank vilified the United States and praised Stalin and the USSR in the pages of the Honolulu Record. America was the great evil in the world and communism its greatest hope... at least in Frank's mind.
But his thoughts and opinions in the 1940s, 50s and 60s are inconsequential, written as they were in Red newspapers which were only followed by Marx's disciples. It is the 1970s when Frank might have done his worst damage to the United States of America: he began mentoring a young man by the name of Barry Obama. Obama's biological father was in Kenya and his (first) stepfather was in Indonesia, leaving Frank to bitterly warn Obama against "the American Way and all that s***."
Obama would later mention Frank several times in his autobiography.
Well-written and well-researched, this book covers a topic that the mainstream media would rather not talk about. And the proof of this man is available for all to see, thanks to the end of the USSR and the CPUSA records kept in Moscow. Dr. Kengor does not say Obama is a communist. But Frank was there when Obama needed a father figure. And we know what kind of attitude that father had.
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2016
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Excellent detailed account about a man who syenites to undo America and send it down the wrong path.. Despite him doing that I feel not only malice towards Frank Marshall Davis but pity as well!!! This book goes into detail about the bigotry and racism that he faced!! The racism he faced growing up was inexcusable but so was his unwavering support of the brutal oppressive Soviet Union and its leaders. Frank Marshall Davis was definitely a blind follower to the Soviet Premiere Joseph Stalin. Does not bore you and I believe you will find this book interesting.
Outstanding work exposing the far left in the USA Nd how far this despicable ideology has penetrated the highest halls of our government. But more than that, how they have usurped our culture and educational system. This work is an eye opener. We would be well served to make this required reading in our high schools and colleges.
The book tells a not-too-flattering story about influences in life of a one-time resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There are things you may not want to know, things you may have guessed, things which were whispered but have never been confirmed by mainstream media. The author pulls no punches. It may force you to re-read the U.S. Constitution to see what, if anything, you may have missed.
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