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Summary: If it upsets the lefties it must be a great book
Review: It never ceases to amaze: there are still people who cling to some sort of twisted affection for Marxist ideas. The entire house of cards comes tumbling down after decades of terror and poverty and still there are believers. I suggest that you one- and two-star reviewers also read Chambers' "Witness." And eat lots of bran.I've read this book twice. It's a well-written memoir of a man's tortuous extrication from the monstrous political beliefs of his parents. Why the vitriol from some reviewers? I don't know. They don't really explain. You would do well to disregard the crybabies who gave this book bad reviews. It's a great book by a thoughtful man.
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Summary: On the Mark!
Review: Mr. Horowitz is a high ranking defector from the Radical Left. In this book, he reveals the blemishes, failings, and downright malignancy of the Left. Dont take my word for it. Look at the reviews here. None of the raters try to disprove his assertions. Instead, they make personal attacks. Comments like "selfish", "intolerance and bigotry" and "extremist personality". Me thinks they doth protest too much!
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Summary: A Journey to Truth
Review: We are winning. Capitalism and representative democracy is winning. Yes, our system isn't perfect and many have been hurt. But, as Horowitz came to realize, socialism doesn't work--it kills people. If you want to know the truth about the one Marxist experiment every American should study, read the Gulag Archipelago. Stalin was no Hitler. He was much worse.
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Summary: Two poles of ideological extremism
Review: A tortured conversion from Marxist totalitarianism to economic fundamentalism, with nothing in between. The constant is Horowitz's extemist personality; still quite prepared to sacrifice people for an ideology.
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Summary: Right is right!
Review: This is a great book that illustrates one man's tranformation from a liberal activist to a coherent, educated and compassionate man dedicated to preserving what America stands for. This books allows the reader to really see the hidden shame of leftist politics and how one man had the courage and insight to turn away from the hypocracy.
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Summary: hilariously awful
Review: Yes, this is a terrible book, but all the justifications of it presented here are even worse and so simple minded. This whole "I told you so" justification that is presented here, as if one man's mistake should mean anything at all. Of course, it does since it is part of the rising tide of intolerance and bigotry. Horowitz is a sad case and a truly self-hating individual. One thing though - this book is a Freudian analyst's dream.
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Summary: A Journey Of Self Absorption
Review: for $2.95 discounted this book was a good holiday bargain, my reaction throughout the book has always been, who is David Horowitz, or more importantly, who does Horowitz think he is? I feel the psychology of his relationship with the left is more interesting than his journey from left to right and as he described his childhood, or more importantly his reactions to his childhood relationships, I could see the seeds for his disaffection from the left. I often felt that the book is more of a piqued child destroying the sand castle in an attempt to justify their anger than a description of that castle. I really hope that in writing this book Horowitz managed to reach a point where he could see himself within the story of his life, and understand where his own actions effect people around him, his relationships with parents, family and those he works with could do with a little more self reflection. I don't feel this is an important book on modern america, despite Horowitz's intentions, however if you see it on special for a very cheap price, and you actually enjoy autobiography, it may make the commuter journeys a little less tiresome.
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Summary: From Left to Right or should I say Wrong to Right!
Review: At once an engaging autobiography and contemporary political saga. Horowitz entwines the history of his life with the detailed metemorphasis from Fellow Traveller of the Stalin's Soviet Union to New Left radical of he 1960's and finally to one of the most influencial advocates of the American ideals of individual liberty. If you love freedom, you will love this book. If you still believe the Left means well, you need to read this book. A must read for those who still cling to the myth that the Left has honorable intentions for America.
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Summary: Essential Reading for Anyone Interested in American Politics
Review: A must read for anyone who wants to truly understand that motivations - and hence the agenda - of the American Left. This book from a former insider will shatter the scales of dogmatic slumber covering any thinking person's eyes.
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Summary: Lessons for the Left
Review: My Aunt and Uncle bought me this book to attempt to get me to abandon my socialist (now anarchist) beliefs. Instead, I took heed at Horowitz's criticism on the Left and have used it to avoid the pitfalls that the old and new Left fell into. I have become wiser and more atune and now I feel I, and any other true Leftist who reads this book, can go out into the world and expose the truths about national governments and capitalism that blinded "conservatives" so conviniently ignore. Thank you David Horowitz! Your reading is now being passed through Anarchist circles as a tool to avoid the mistakes of the past! A tragic irony for Horowitz I assume, a great inspiration for the anarchist movement which has been growing in the 1990's and will continue to grow in the next century.
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