The Black Book of the American Left Volume 7: The Left in Power: Clinton to Obama

ISBN: 1941262031

Author: Horowitz, David

Condition: New

The basic facts of David Horowitzs political odyssey are well known. A red diaper baby who grew up in what he has called the ghetto of communism, he became a leading Marxist theorist in the early 1960s and one of the godfathers of the New Left. But following Americas defeat in Vietnam, Horowitz began to reevaluate the damage those commitments had done to the country and embrace conservatism.The Black Book of the American Left is the result of that concerted intellectual effort. When completed, it will collect all of Horowitzs conservative writings over the last thirty yearsat once a sharp incision to the heart of the lefts agenda; an exploration of routes conservatives might take in response to its permanent assault on Americas values and power; and a unique trip log showing the evolving intellectual journey of one of our bravest and most original thinkers.The present volume, The Left in Power: From Clinton to Obama, traces the coup that transformed the Democratic Party from a party of the American center to a party of the hardcore left. Horowitz shows how this process began when the Democrats began to adopt the New Lefts anti-individualist, anti-capitalist, and anti-American dogma in the mid-1970s; attained critical mass when Hillary Clinton brought a cohort of leftists to power during her husbands presidency; and was completed with the election of Barack Obama, a politician born, bred and trained in the progressive movement. As a result of this long march, the Democrats now support causes that presidents such asHarry Truman and JFK would have abhorred. At home: illegal immigration, race preferences and redistributionism. Abroad: retreat in the war on terror, appeasement of the Hamas terrorists, and nuclearization of Americas chief enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran.Intellectually provocative and forcefully argued, this volume of The Black Book of the American Left, like its predecessors, shows why David Horowitz is the worst enemy of the Left and a national treasure for conservatives.