What is "Political Correctness?"

The following book "Political Correctness:" A Short History of an Ideology, answers that question. Because Free Congress Foundation believes every American Needs to Know the Answer, we are here posting the entire book on our website. Any visitor to the website is welcome to print the book for himself, his family and his friends; there are no limits to the number of copies you make. We encourage other organizations to make the text of the book available on their own websites; we ask only that you let Free Congress know that you have done so.

Introduction.
November, 2004
As Russell Kirk wrote, one of conservatism’s most important insights is that all ideologies are wrong. Ideology takes an intellectual system, a product of one or more philosophers, and says, “This system must be true.”...
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Chapter 1 - 3.
What is “Political Correctness”?
By William S. Lind
Most Americans look back on the 1950s as a good time. Our homes were safe, to the point where many people did not bother to lock their doors. Public schools were generally excellent, and their problems were...
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Chapter 4.
Political Correctness: Deconstruction and Literature
By: Jamie McDonald
Literature is, if not the most important cultural indicator, at least a significant benchmark of a society’s level of civilization. Our nature and environment combine to form each...
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Chapter 5.
Radical Feminism and Political Correctness
By: Dr. Gerald L. Atkinson
Perhaps no aspect of Political Correctness is more prominent in American life today than feminist ideology. Is feminism, like the rest of Political Correctness, based on the cultural Marxism imported from Germany...
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Chapter 6.
Further Readings on the Frankfurt School
By: William S. Lind's
This is the sixth and final chapter in the Free Congress Foundation’s book on Political Correctness, or – to call it by its real name – cultural Marxism. It is a short bibliographical essay intended not as an...
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Other Writings

Fourth Generation Warfare: Read William S. Lind's ground-breaking articles for the Marine Corps Gazette on how warfare would change in the post-Cold War era. Also, link to "Defense and the National Interest," the Fourth Generation Warfare site.
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"The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation" by William S. Lind, Colonel Keith Nightengale (U.S. Army), Captain John F. Schmitt (U.S. Marine Corps), Colonel Joseph W. Sutton (U.S. Army), and Lieutenant Colonel Gary I. Wilson (U.S. Marine Corps Reserves). Marine Corps Gazette. October 1989.
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"Fourth Generation Warfare: Another Look" by Lind, Schmitt, and Wilson. Marine Corps Gazette. December 1994.
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