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Left Illusions: An Intellectual Odyssey (Paperback)

by David Horowitz (Author), Jamie Glazov (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 497 pages
  • Publisher: Spence Publishing Company (26 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1890626562
  • ISBN-13: 978-1890626563
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring snapshots of a journey , 5 Nov 2007
By Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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What makes this book special is that it contains some of the author's earliest writings, thereby providing an illuminating overview of his intellectual development from New Left ideologue (destructive Marxist) to a champion of freedom. There are articles, essays and book excerpts covering a broad spectrum of issues encompassing inter alia the roots of the New Left, the Cold War, Nicaragua, AIDS, the collapse of communism, race relations, the culture wars, political correctness, freedom of speech, political radicalism, the Middle East situation, the Clinton presidency and the War on Terror.

Of these selections, 28 had never been published in book form or were previously out of print. The introduction by Jamie Glazov provides absorbing background information on Horowitz's intellectual journey with reference to and quotes from his many articles and books like Destructive Generation (1989) - an analysis of the legacy of the New Left, the autobiography Radical Son (1997) and its intellectual companion piece The Politics of Bad Faith (1998).

Amongst the earlier leftist pieces from Ramparts, "The Passion of the Jews" is thought-provoking, especially when compared to his later succinct essay on beleaguered Israel: "Why Israel is the Victim". A gifted wordsmith, Horowitz always intrigues and provokes and often amuses, for example when he labels as "Kitsch Marxism" certain aspects of leftist ideology, the whole of which he considers a crypto religion; Robert Wistrich & Chantal Delsol amongst others, see it a secular salvationist ideology. The earlier leftist pieces made me laugh out loud for another reason - the overwrought, fatuous and impenetrable style characteristic of that political persuasion.

Horowitz' dissection of Multiculturalism - another spawn of Marxism - is particularly lucid, exposing the ways this abomination has infiltrated American society through the schools, colleges and mass media. The Multiculti cult is an assault on America's national culture, an attempt to overturn the successful melting pot in order to sever the bonds that unite all Americans. He argues convincingly that today's leftists have the same agenda as the Marxists that supported the Soviet Empire. By undermining the country's social foundation they are trying to destroy its national identity.

The author is considered "confrontational", meaning he's a brave cultural warrior who relentlessly challenges the tenured termites in their campus lairs. In this regard, see his books The Professors and Indoctrination U:The Left's War Against Academic Freedom. I admire the way in which he turns the aggressive tactics of the haters back on them without however stooping to their level of unhinged invective.

Long may this courageous man expose the treason of the leftist Moonbats and the Wingnuts of the far right, and their ties to the enemies of the West, as he does so brilliantly in Unholy Alliance. Left Illusions concludes with a bibliography of Horowitz's work up to 2005. I also recommend Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism by Bernard-Henri Levy and What's Left?: How Liberals Lost their Way by Nick Cohen.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Move On, 13 Dec 2006
Uh I think already bought and read this-it was called Radical Son.

I despise the hard left probably as much as the author, but at some point don't you have to leave you "radical" past behind and move on to something positive like Conservatism or Libertarianism or whatever.

Imagine if Reagan had spent his life obssessing about how the democrats had wronged him and trying to make "liberals" see the light?
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