The Black Book of the American Left Volume 3: The Great Betrayal

Intellectually provocative and forcefully argued, Volume 3 of __The Black Book of the American Left__ shows why David Horowitz is the worst enemy of the Left and a national treasure for conservatives.In __The Great Betrayal__, Horowitz focuses on events from 9/11 to the Iraq War. The essays chronicle how efforts to remove the Saddam regime, initially supported by both major political parties, were cynically abandoned by the Democratic Party whose leaders then conducted a five year campaign against the war while American troops were still on the battlefield.These politicians were, Horowitz shows, acting in concert with "progressives" who, without overtly supporting the Saddam regime as their political ancestors had the Kremlin, were nonetheless resuming the left’s historic role as frontierguards for the enemies of the United States. David Horowitz Spent The First Part Of His Life In The World Of The Communist-progressive Left, A Politics He Inherited From His Mother And Father, And Later In The New Left As One Of Its Founders. When The Wreckage He And His Comrades Had Created Became Clear To Him In The Mid-1970s, He Left. Three Decades Of Second Thoughts Then Made Him This Movement's Principal Intellectual Antagonist. For Better Or Worse, As Horowitz Writes In The Preface To This, The First Volume Of His Collected Conservative Writings, I Have Been Condemned To Spend The Rest Of My Days Attempting To Understand How The Left Pursues The Agendas From Which I Have Separated Myself, And Why. When Horowitz Began His Odyssey, The Left Had Already Escaped The Political Ghetto To Which His Parents' Generation And His Own Had Been Confined. Today, It Has Become The Dominant Force In America's Academic And Media Cultures, Electing A President And Achieving A Position From Which It Can Shape America's Future. How It Achieved Its Present Success And What That Success Portends Are The Overarching Subjects Of Horowitz's Conservative Writings. Through The Unflinching Focus Of One Singularly Engaged Witness, The Identity Of A Destructive Movement That Constantly Morphs Itself In Order To Conceal Its Identity And Mission Becomes Disturbingly Clear. In Volume I Of These Writings, My Life And Times, Horowitz Reflects On The Years He Spent At War With His Own Country, Collaborating With And Confronting Radical Figures Like Huey Newton, Tom Hayden And Billy Ayers, As He Made His Transition From What The Writer Paul Berman Described As The American Left's Most Important Theorist To Its Most Determined Enemy-- Volume 1. My Life And Times -- Volume 2. Progressives -- Volume 3. The Great Betrayal David Horowitz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "David Horowitz spent the first part of his life in the world of the Communist-progressive left, a politics he inherited from his mother and father, and later in the New Left as one of its founders. When the wreckage he and his comrades had created became clear to him in the mid-1970s, he left. Three decades of second thoughts then made him this movement's principal intellectual antagonist. "For better or worse," as Horowitz writes in the preface to this, the first volume of his collected conservative writings, "I have been condemned to spend the rest of my days attempting to understand how the left pursues the agendas from which I have separated myself, and why." When Horowitz began his odyssey, the left had already escaped the political ghetto to which his parents' generation and his own had been confined. Today, it has become the dominant force in America's academic and media cultures, electing a president and achieving a position from which it can shape America's future. How it achieved its present success and what that success portends are the overarching subjects of Horowitz's conservative writings. Through the unflinching focus of one singularly engaged witness, the identity of a destructive movement that constantly morphs itself in order to conceal its identity and mission becomes disturbingly clear. In Volume I of these writings, "My Life and Times," Horowitz reflects on the years he spent at war with his own country, collaborating with and confronting radical figures like Huey Newton, Tom Hayden and Billy Ayers, as he made his transition from what the writer Paul Berman described as the American left's "most important theorist" to its most determined enemy"-- Provided by publisher Intellectually provocative and forcefully argued, Volume 3 of The Black Book of the American Left shows why David Horowitz is the worst enemy of the Left and a national treasure for conservatives. In The Great Betrayal , Horowitz focuses on events from 9/11 to the Iraq War. The essays chronicle how efforts to remove the Saddam regime, initially supported by both major political parties, were cynically abandoned by the Democratic Party whose leaders then conducted a five year campaign against the war while American troops were still on the battlefield. These politicians were, Horowitz shows, acting in concert with "progressives" who, without overtly supporting the Saddam regime as their political ancestors had the Kremlin, were nonetheless resuming the left’s historic role as frontier guards for the enemies of the United States. Horowitz focuses on events from 9/11 to the Iraq War. The essays chronicle how efforts to remove the Saddam regime, initially supported by both major political parties, were cynically abandoned by the Democratic Party whose leaders then conducted a five year campaign against the war while American troops were still on the battlefield. These politicians were, Horowitz shows, acting in concert with "progressives" who, without overtly supporting the Saddam regime as their political ancestors had the Kremlin, were nonetheless resuming the left's historic role as frontier role guards for the enemies of the United States