Product Description

Revised 2001 edition of the original text.
New Foreword, Notes and Appendices.
Includes relevant anthropological and DNA research since 1978.

Michael Bradley delves back into our glacial past during the last Ice Age in order to find the prehistoric sources of the white race's aggression, racism and sexism. Relying on the researches of Alexander Marshack, Carleton Coon, Konrad Lorenz, S.L. Washburn, Ralph Solecki and others, Bradley offers a persuasive argument that the white race, the Neanderthal-Caucasoids, are more aggressive than others because of ancient sexual maladaptation. And, in tracing the effects of Caucasian aggression, Bradley offers an uncomfortable and all-too-plausible explanation for the pattern of human history.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #121182 in Books
• Published on: 1991-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 229 pages

Customer Reviews

A valuable contribution to the discussion
Michael Bradley, as a member of the Caucasian race, has bravely stepped forward with a valuable contribution to the analysis of Caucasian group behavior, or should I say misbehavior, toward people of color. No matter what your political affiliation or race, anyone who engages in a discussion of race relations is in reality examining why people who call themselves white have such a seemingly inherent animosity to people classified as non-white. Mr. Bradley also asks why Caucasian culture has an adversarial relationship to the planet Earth. It is a rare white person who will even admit the existence of the global system of white supremacy, let alone one who will acknowledge that the group mentality of his race is indeed the source of the racism, pollution, and resource depletion that plague the world.

As part of the system of white supremacy, whites have developed an entire vocabulary (e.g. "affirmative action," "immigration reform," "civil rights," or calling Egypt part of the "Middle East," thereby removing the nation from Africa) which allows them to talk about race without mentioning any explicit racial terms. That way, anyone who speaks candidly about the core of the race problem - white group behavior- can be accused by white people of preaching anti-white racism. I'm sure some Eurocentric people who are only used to receiving "information" that bolsters the white viewpoint will be shocked by some of the things Bradley says; but Eurocentric people need to be shocked out of their extreme xenophobia. I don't neccesarily agree with some of the conclusions the author reaches but I have to commend him for his honesty. Other books that cover the same subject matter but, in my opinion, do a better job of analysis are: The Isis Papers by Dr. Frances Cress-Welsing and, especially, Yurugu by Marimba Ani. I will conclude by saying that anybody interested in truly addressing the problem of white supremacy should include these three books on their essential reading list.

The Icy Truth About the Iceman
I first read this book nearly 10 years ago, and am still amazed at its logical explanation about the aggressive behavior of white Europeans. Since my first reading of it, I have yet to find a more plausible theory about why a small group of nomadic people subsequently known as "whites" maintain such dominance over their women and persons with color. Bradley's book will be denounced by many, pooh-poohed by some, but I would challenge any of these persons to find a more relevant theory on the aggressive behavior of Caucasians. I recommend that it be read at least twice in order to grasp all of its meaning.

Slippery logic leads to the "Ice Man Inheritance"
This book represents the author's amusing and not-so-scholarly attempt to tie together a series of dubious assumptions to form some very shaky conclusions.

The author actually begins by apologizing for his ineptitude: "First, I would like to acknowledge immediately my own limitations of scholarship in preparing the arguments put forward in this book." Hardly a ringing endorsement of one's work. In the last chapter, he admits his theory is, "an explanation with broad circumstantial, if not in-depth support." (Bradley maintains that Caucasians are descended from Neanderthals (another species) and are therefore genetically inferior and responsible for all the world's violence, racism, and sexism because of their primitive nature.)

However, you get the feeling that he really doesn't buy his own hypothesis--he leaves plenty of doors open in case he has to duck out of the room.

There's a saying in science that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Since Bradley has plenty of the former and none of the latter, he must run hither and yon looking for evidence to cobble his wobbly theory together, and tosses in everything from extraterrestrials to whales, mediaeval codpieces, the Canadian poet/songwriter Leonard Cohen, muddled Middle East history, the German philosopher Gothe, and World War II encounters with Yeti by Russian troops--a virtual potpourri of 1960s pop culture, and little else.