Conservative History on the American Left, A

Hardback, 454 pages

About the Title: Why does HIllary Clinton crusade for government-provided health care for every American, for the redistribution of wealth, and for child rearing to become a collective obligation? Why does Al Gore says that it's ok to "over-represent" the dangers of global warming in order to sell Americans on his draconian solutions?  Why does Michael Moore call religion a device to manipulate "gullible" Americans?

 

Where did these ideas come from and how did they enter mainstream discourse?

 

In this groundbreaking and compelling new book, Daniel J. Flynn uncovers the surprising origins of today's Left. He reveals a history that leftists ignore, whitewash, or obscure. It is an ugly history that includes eugenics, racism, violence, and sheer quackery. The Left is so preoccupied with its triumphal future that it ignores and fails to learn from past mistakes. Reality is absent from the vision of the Left.

 

In unfolding this history, Flynn presents a page-turning narrative filled with colorful and fascinating
characters—progressives and populists, radicals and reformers, socialists and SDSers, and leftists of every stripe.

A gripping chronicle of the radical visionaries who have relentlessly pursued their ambitions to remake society and the destruction that comes from this undying pursuit of dreams that are utterly unattainable.

 

"One of this year's best books." —Thomas Sowell, syndicated columnist

 

"Witty, insightful, and informed, Daniel Flynn's A Conservative History of the American Left is the best introduction I know to this destructive and unavoidable social phenomenon." —David Horowitz, author of The Professors and editor in chief of FrontPage Magazine

Copyright: 2008