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Summary: Can Anyone Believe Roy Cohn?
Review: I read the "autobiography" of the infamous Roy Cohn anticipating what, I'm not sure. As James Woods stated in "Citizen Cohn" "Well, I've had a full life, practiced law before the greatest courts in the land, lied, cheated and stole from everyone. Why did you let me get away with it?"Why did Americans fall prey to Roy Cohn, Joe McCarthy, Nixon, Hoover and the assorted cast of rogues and thugs populating the American political landscape in the 1950s? Our parents, emerging from the victories of World War II, seemed ready to believe anything. After all, they had been in league with a government that used their bodies to fight and defeat fascism abroad. Hollywwod stars lined up behind the war effort, the possibilities seemed endless. Yet, a hysteria took hold of a nation ready to turn its back on political and cultural progress in exchange for a nightmare, a twilight zone where freedom of expression and thought were given the heave ho in favor of a chilling conformity (sounds like today in many ways does it not?). The interesting thing about Cohn's book is his casual and matter-of-fact revealing of back door dealings, illegal and secret ex parte meetings to fix cases as if there is nothing wrong with conducting business in this fashion. He was raised with that modus operandi and thought nothing of it. For me, his exposure of the fixing of the Rosenberg case and the bold faced lie that the defense counsel, the hapless Emmanuel Bloch, knew all about was ridiculous. Additionally, his version of events at the Army-McCarthy hearings can only lead one to wonder if Americans saw one hearing on TV and Cohn was elsewhere. When reading the book, one needs to hold onto a lifeline of reality because the trip is really a modern day Alice in Wonderland LSD trip though the sordid and seemy world of users and fixers, of Mafioso and multi-national controllers and manipulators. For Cohn, the training he received with McCarthy served him in good stead for the law practice that was to follow. he was, as described in my favorite film, "Citizen Cohn" the gingerbread boy that no one could catch. Hopefully, America will not have another like him. A good read for those seeking the "truth" from the horse's....
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Summary: Another misunderstood American Hero
Review: This autobiography of Mr. Kohn helps us understand yet another American hero who was assasinated by the left in their 'take no prisoners' war on those who exposed the outright committment to communism of so many intellectuals in the 1950s and beyond. Mr. Kohn assisted Senator Mcarthy in weeding out the traitors within the American government and exposing the vast communist conspiracy that existed at all levels of american government and public service in the 1950s. Mr. Kohn in turn had his character destroyed by the viscious left and was attacked for of all things his homosexuality, something the left is sopposed to love and cherish. Read the book and you decide if Mr. Kohn was an American Hero or villian.
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Summary: A Good Book!
Review: This is a very interesting autobiograpgy about a very witty
and interesting individual. Cohn,who had served as chief counsel
to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Communist witch hunting days,gives you revealing insight into this period of history. He gives you a background on many of the individuals who were in the
middle of the McCarthy era. I also found interesting Roy Cohn's
views and opinions on may political figures and personalities
who were on the scene when he was. You also learn the behind the scenes stories of historical events during his time. A very good
book for most readers. Buy it. You will not be dissapointed.
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