In our day, propaganda typically suggests of itself that it is free from any sort of bias, since that is necessary to establish its credibility. This fine piece of work does no such thing, employing frighteningly overt non-sequiturs, selective truths, and infantile simplifications with not even a thin veil of historical "neutrality" or even any sort of "sophistication" in analysis. For that reason, it is very instructive. Of course, much of the tactic is all the more relevant now, mainly in that the facts presented are not based on complete fabrications, but rather on half-truths and proofs by assertion concerning their basis. The area of contention is not in sheer historical fact, but rather in why and how various things happened, and by whom they were perpetrated. It is the causal connections that are the brilliant works of fantasy.

Some choice quotes follow, in order of their appearance in the book (this is quite amusing, especially whereas the first one is a kind of introductory paragraph):

• Have you stopped to think about the money cost of communism to every American family? Ask your father about his taxes. Probably he'll tell you that a large part of his income goes to pay federal income taxes. About a third to half of your family's tax bill is the cost of communism. It is the cost of billions of dollars worth of guns, missiles, ships, and planes to defend our country and our allies. The purpose of all these arms is to keep the Free World strong, in case of a Communist attack. Before long you too will be paying part of this tax against communism.

• Even without the danger of war, there is another danger. This is the possibility that many peopel in free countries would be fooled into thinking that communism isn't a bad idea.

• In a Communist America, the freedoms that Americans love most would vanish.

• You may ask: "What can I do about all this? I'm just one young person in school. The job of winning this struggle is up to the generals and Senators and other important people in our government."

• The true Communist has great faith in communism. He believes in the Communist idea that the whole universe is a sort of automatic machine. In a universe like that, there is no room for God.

• Communists often call their system "Marxism-Leninism."

• To what extent do we dare let the Communists use American liberties (freedom of speech, of the press, etc.) for the purpose of destroying those very liberties?