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American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character
American Betrayal The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character
Author: Diana West
In The Death of the Grown-Up, Diana West diagnosed the demise of Western civilization by looking at its chief symptom: our inability to become adults who render judgments of right and wrong. In American Betrayal, West digs deeper to discover the root of this malaise and uncovers a body of lies that Americans have been led to regard as the near-s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312630782
ISBN-10: 0312630786
Publication Date: 5/28/2013
Pages: 416
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Maybe this author should have included herself in this book, since she is mixing colors oranges and lizards all together. How do you ask?
It's simple goes from, the threat of communism, to world war 2, and then to the witch-hunt by McCarthy that was in her opinion righteous and violent it, and perfectly correct thing to do parentheses which absolutely wasn't. It was the most despicable thing that American should be ashamed of, another solemn trials, that resulted in moral burnings not physical ones. The one can argue that the total destruction of human lives from the perspective of losing your jobs losing your family and spending 10 to 15 years in prison could constitute us a modern which burning). Somehow through mine, twisting's and mental somersaults she manages to blame the Russian pre-WW2 era communism for the fact that the American youth of 2023 is immature and unable to take on responsibilities. It is not the food off that parenting, that is propaganda and a region of family values know. It is sold the fold of the communism that has infiltrated, the American system 100 years ago. And from that, she makes another mental leap, and goes on blaming America for being morally rotten, because they are not appreciative of the suffering the victims of Muslim religious atrocities happening around the world, and not doing anything to alleviate the pain. She does not specify how did she get from the promise of the book: why did the youth of America became unable to adult themselves? To the ending why does America not care about the suffering of the Muslim, who are pushed upon? Note that she does not pick a religion that the Muslims actually do put up on, like the annihilation of thousands of Christians every year, that does not make it to the news now does she pick on some of the other minor religions that Muslims seem to be willing and happy to eradicate. Not to mention that the two topics have absolutely no relations to one another at all unless one makes another mental leap, and actually comes up with the idea that the whole point of the book is to bash America on the head. Don't waste your time. It is a total garbage. I bought this book in good faith and I wish I did not waste my money on it.


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