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The bestselling Unholy Alliance-now in paperback! Former Leftist radical David Horowitz blows the lid off the dangerous liaison between U.S. liberals and Islamic radicals. With America's battle against the disastrous force of terrorism at hand, Horowitz takes us behind the curtain of the unholy alliance between liberals and the enemy-a force with malevolent intentions, and one that Americans can no longer ignore.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348385 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

Review
An original look at those who want us to fail in the Middle East, both at home and abroad. The -- Davis Hanson, Author, Ripples of Battle

Before Americans vote for their next president, they must read David Horowitz's account of the Left's alliance with Islamic radicls -- Lt. General Thomas McInerney USAF (Ret.), Co author, with Maj. General Paul Vallely, Endgame

David Horowitz is synonymous with pyrotechnics. A historian and polemicist of the first order, he is paid the ultimate compliment -- Rich Lowry, Editor National Review

Mike 'Rifle' DeLong was the best deputy commander I could have imagined. Seasoned in Vietnam as a young helicopter pilot, -- General Tommy R. Franks, U.S. Army (Ret.), former commander of CentCom

Written with great zest and intellectual energy, David Horowitz's Unholy Alliance is primarily a devastating indictment of how the radical -- Norman Podhoretz, Author, critic, and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute

From the Inside Flap
In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the "Great Satan" with America’s radical Islamic enemies. This Left, which once made common cause with Communists, has now joined forces with radical Islam in attacking America’s defenses at home and its policies abroad. From their positions of influence in the university and media culture, leftists have defined America as the "root cause" of the attacks against it. In a remarkable exploration of the "Mind of the Left," Horowitz traces the evolution of American radicalism from its Communist past to its "anti-war" present. He then shows how this Left was able to turn the Democratic Party presidential campaign around and reshape its views on the War on Terror.

Horowitz’s Unholy Alliance, writes John Haynes, the noted historian of American Communism, "is an insightful, brilliant examination of the mental world of the radical left. Horowitz shows how today’s radicals, unwilling to reflect on the internal flaws that destroyed Marxism-Leninism from within, have embraced an all-consuming nihilism in its place. This has led them to a hatred of American institutions and a solidarity with Islamic terrorists that makes the radical left more properly regarded as dangerous than loony."

Unholy Alliance is an eye-opening book that should unsettle conventional assumptions and reveals why intellectuals and political leaders who applaud Michael Moore are no laughing matter. As Harvey Klehr, author of Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, writes, "The world Communist movement may be moribund, but its habits of mind and ideological fantasies have not disappeared. This is a fascinating and depressing account."

About the Author
David Horowitz is a nationally known author and lifelong civil rights activist. He was one of the founders of the New Left movement in the 1960s. He has written numerous books, including The Politics of Bad Faith, The Art of Political War, and Radical Son, his celebrated autobiography. He is president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and the founder of online newsmagazine FrontPageMag.com.

Customer Reviews

Excellent investigation of the link between the Left and radical Islam
This is an interesting book that uncovers well supported links between the Left and radical Muslim organizations funding terrorist activities. Horowitz also shows how the Left drifted away from the Center on foreign policy since Clinton left office. This book complements Ken Timmerman's Shadow Warriors: The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender. While Timmerman investigates the dark alleys of arms deal and intelligence agencies corruption, Horowitz covers political currents closer to the broad day light. Thus, Horowitz easily supports his statements with public sources.

Horowitz states that after the repeated failure of communist regimes associated with dire poverty and brutality, the left movement transited into anti-globalization. This movement was lead by many professors and scholars. Horowitz advances the Left has made governance extremely difficult during the Bush presidency. He accepts political dissent is the characteristic of a healthy democracy; but, he feels the Left went overboard. He narrates how the Left organized huge rallies worldwide right after 9/11 conveying a radical anti-Americanism message.

Horowitz feels the Left promotes tragic unintended consequences. He feels the Left's anti-globalization fuels poverty. While, the Left's anti-war on terror serves as the front guard for Islam and its Sharya Laws that are discriminating and violent against women, gays, and other minorities. The Left unintentionally takes the side of Islam that violently opposes its own liberal values.

He criticizes the writings and opinions of leading Leftist intellectuals and historians. This includes Eric Hobsbawm and his main book The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991, Gerda Lerner, Maurice Zeitlin and his "Root and Branch," Leslie Cagan, and Professor Todd Gitlin. He dedicates an entire chapter to Noam Chomsky the leading contemporary leftist intellectual. He refers to his book: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (American Empire Project) as the manifesto of the anti-American, anti-globalization movement. He dedicates another chapter to a Chomsky follower: historian Howard Zinn and his book A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.). He then moves on to the political writings of Norman Mailer. Next, comes William Blum, a former State Department staffer and writer of Rogue State, 3rd Edition: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower.

Horowitz states this anti-American movement relies on two assumptions: 1) America can do no right; 2) even the rights America appears to do are wrong. As he demonstrates this movement supports those assumptions through egregious manipulations of history including omissions of the economic failures and human rights tragedies of communist regimes and arbitrarily assigning such failures and tragedies to the U.S. By doing so, they demonize the U.S. and even rejects its foundation and Constitution.

Horowitz then moves on to the Islamic Revolution. He mentions the seminal text of Syyid Qutb called Social Justice in Islam with its purpose of imposing Sharia Law on to the entire world. He quotes Qutb referring to Sharia Law as "a universal declaration of the freedom of man..." Horowitz then shows the intellectual convergence between radical Islam and the Left by referring to the socialist author Paul Berman who stated that Qutb was inspired by the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Yet, Sharia Law treats women and other minorities as chattel and does away with freedom of speech and religion.

Later, Horowitz mentioned that some of the moderate socialists did express alarm regarding radical Islam espousing terrorism. He mentions Paul Berman's book Terror and Liberalism. Berman was puzzled how progressive utopians could embrace such a pathological movement. But, more radical socialist elements felt Islamic terrorism is a justified response to American Imperialism. And, if only America would leave Islam alone it would seize. This ignores that Muslim terrorism is also aimed at their own (Shiites vs Sunnis) and others (Christian Africans, Hindus Indians, etc...).

Horowitz dedicates a short chapter to the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. He mentions that you can't explain how the entire Muslim world is up in arms over Jews establishing a state on 1% of Arab lands. Meanwhile, the segregation against the majority of Palestinian population in Jordan evokes no protest from Arabs or even Palestinians. Also, both land and state were offered twice to the Palestinians (latest in the Oslo proposals in 2000 when 97% of their requested land was offered) and were turned down flat out.

Supranational bodies also participate in this radical anti-American anti-globalization movement. He refers to the UN conference held 10 days before 9/11 named World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia. This forum saw dictators including Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein excoriate the U.S. for its racism and crime against humanity. None of them considered the irony given the brutality of their own regimes. This same irony bypassed the many supportive American NGOs present at the conference.

In later chapters, he describes the `unholy alliance' between U.S. based Muslim organizations that support terrorism, the extreme Left including the American Communist Party, and the Legal Left that defends any Muslim arrested for facilitating or participating in terrorism.

In another chapter, he described how Clinton and Gore were vehemently opposed to Saddam Hussein during their term. They passed a resolution in 1998 that was promptly approved by Congress calling for regime change due to Hussein's refusal to submit to UN's arms inspections and evidence of his continuing development of WMDs (quotes Clinton). Horowitz quotes Gore stating it had been a grave error that we had not finished the job of taking Hussein out in 1991 and that we should do everything to prevent him from building WMDs. Yet, a few years later Gore will call Bush a liar and a traitor when Bush follows through on Gore's earlier intent. Gore will side with the three members of the UN Security Council, France, Russia, and China. All of them against regime change since they were all major arms dealers of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Should be in the "Fantasy" section of the book store
Ordinarily, I can't justify buying books by Horowitz, because I'm not paying full-fare for trash.

But a bargain bin price at Borders wasn't too bad.

Unfortunately for Horowitz, he seems to go from A to Z without much in the way of intervening logic. Ward Churchill has a red phone to Bin Laden. Therefore, everyone who is not right of Pat Buchanan is a traitor.

The truth hurts
How can the far left be allied with the far right of Islamic Nazism? David Horowitz, a former brainwashed member of the Stalinist left, tells us decisively, accurately and with fastidious research. I know no lefty wants to read this, and the few negative reviews, show that many of them did not, but it's so true, so maddening and so dangerous.
Whenever America, Israel, democracy and capitalism is involved, the left steps back and condemns. It's no wonder as we mature, folks like me, move right.