Starting in the 40's, some authors tried to distance progressive ideology from Croly's views(specifically in regard to the book ''Promise of American Life''), and instead re-cast them as having underlying tones of totalitarianism or fascism,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTAQAAAAIAAJ&dq=dilemma |last=Filler |first=Louis |date=1948 |title=The Dilemma, So-Called, of the American Liberal |journal=Antioch Review |volume=8 |pages=140–141 }}</ref> not progressivism. | Starting in the 40's, some authors tried to distance progressive ideology from Croly's views(specifically in regard to the book ''Promise of American Life''), and instead re-cast them as having underlying tones of totalitarianism or fascism,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTAQAAAAIAAJ&dq=dilemma |last=Filler |first=Louis |date=1948 |title=The Dilemma, So-Called, of the American Liberal |journal=Antioch Review |volume=8 |pages=140–141 }}</ref> not progressivism. |