LW, I forgot to give you my opinion on David Horowitz's book Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left.
I'll say it was a quick read. I finished it in two days. He also likes to use big words occasionally, so that can throw off the pace of reading if a particular word is unfamiliar.
Horowitz indicts many people in his book. Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, the defense attorneys in the first WTC bombing trial, and Communists in the West in general for their past support of anti-American causes, movements and figures, and their ongoing solidarity with anti-American moslem terrorists.
I thought the book was good, but not great. But that's just me. Why did I think it was just good? Well, it's like someone who watches a mystery movie twice. It's less intense when you know the stroyline. I was aware of a lot of this information already, more about the commies than the terrorists. Ever since college, when I had run-ins with my ultra-liberal/socialist/communist/nihilist professors, I've been reading and swallowing inofrmation about their philosophy, and their tactics.
Someone who hasn't dedicated a good protion of their adult life to studying these phenomena will find this to be a very good book, and a necessary read for any suspicious of the anti-war movement, islamicists, and other subversive figures. If you fit into latter category, LW, I recommend reading Unholy Alliance. And even if you are, it makes a handy reference guide. Sit by your computer and start looking up the names in the book. I was shocked at how many I saw appearing on C-Span since I got the book.
