A Business Man Looks at Communism
Wichita, Kansas: Published by the author, 1961. Seventh Edition. Fred Koch’s self-published warning of the surreptitious ways in which Communists plan to take over America. Following an 18-Point preface on the nature of Communism, he discusses Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism and Economic Determinism before describing the Soviet Union’s successful conquests of China and Cuba. He then outlines the potential methods of a Communist take-over in the U.S. by internal subversion including: foreign aid, subversion in tax-free foundations, labor unions, supreme court, universities, the U.N., church hierarchy, media, politics, art, the Armed Services, and racial agitation (“The colored man looms large in the Communist plan to take over America”). Includes two black & white photographs of murdered Koreans at the hands of Russian Communists.
Fred Koch’s staunch anti-Communism developed during his time building oil refineries in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. He became convinced that Communists had already infiltrated the U.S. government and was subsequently suspicious of big government. He was a founding member of the John Birch Society. Two of his sons, Charles and David Koch, better known as the Koch Brothers, have perpetuated his libertarian tendencies and wealth-building enterprises.
Stapled, illustrated (9 ¼” x 6 ”), 39, [1] pp., three photographs, one illustration, one photostat news clipping. Stamp of Rev. James Forrest to the front cover, soiling to the bottom half of the rear wrapper; internally clean and unmarked. Item #15132
Price: $60.00