Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "Three years ago, evil surfaced in the Western world in a way it had not in six decades, since the day of infamy at Pearl..." (more)
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Conservative Fox Television news host and bestselling author Hannity sees behind the ills of the world one cause: evil. And so Hannity joins the "neocon" chorus, positing that totalitarian regimes, such as Hussein's in Iraq, Hitler's Germany and the former Soviet Union, serve as breeding grounds for evil, thus justifying President Bush's policy of pre-emptive action against countries that could threaten American interests. Despite "irrefutable evidence," Hannity writes, today's liberals inexplicably doubt that "absolute evil truly exists," and instead foolishly cling to the idea that the world's problems might arise from social, psychological and cultural differences or from economic inequality. Fans of Hannityâ€"Christian conservatives in particularâ€"will no doubt embrace this straightforward call to arms. Many readers, however, will find Hannity's "irrefutable" evidence to be anything but, and his selective use of history and circular logic raise far more questions than it settles. Two final chapters examine what Hannity considers to be the dangerous, partisan policies espoused by the current slate of Democratic presidential candidates. For our democracy to survive, Hannity argues, we must root out terrorists and defeat evil totalitarian regimes before they can harm usâ€"a theme that will no doubt play loudly this election season.
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Product Description

Nearly three years have passed since that tragic day in September. Since then, our wounds have healed, but our senses and memories have dulled.

At first, the nation rallied behind its leader. But by the time the confrontation with Iraq presented itself, our courage and moral certainty seemed to fade in the face of partisan bickering and posturing.

Now the political left and the Democratic Party are trying to use the demanding aftermath of the war to exploit our national cause for their own political advantage.

How could we allow ourselves to forget so soon?

--from Deliver Us from Evil

Sean Hannity's first blockbuster book, the New York Times bestseller Let Freedom Ring, cemented his place as the freshest and most compelling conservative voice in the country. As the host of the phenomenally successful Hannity & Colmes on the Fox News Channel and The Sean Hannity Show on ABC Radio, Hannity has won a wildly devoted fan base. Now he brings his plainspoken, take-no-prisoners style to the continuing War on Terror abroad -- and liberalism at home -- in Deliver Us from Evil.

"Evil exists," Hannity asserts. "It is real, and it means to harm us." And in these pages he revisits the harsh lessons America has learned in confronting evil in the past and the present, to illuminate the course we must take in the future. Tracing a direct line from Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin through Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, he reminds us of the courage and moral clarity of our great leaders. And he reveals how the disgraceful history of appeasement has reached forward from the days of Neville Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter to corrupt the unrepentant leftists of the modern Democratic Party -- from Howard Dean and John Kerry to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

As Americans face the ongoing war against terrorists and their state sponsors around the world, Sean Hannity reminds us that we must also cope with the continuing scourge of accommodation and cowardice at home. With his trademark blend of passion and hard-hitting commentary, he urges Americans to recognize the dangers of putting our faith in toothless "multilateralism" when the times call for decisive action. For only through strong defense of our freedoms, at home and around the world, can we preserve America's security and liberty in the dangerous twenty-first century.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow; 1 edition (February 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060582510
• ISBN-13: 978-0060582517
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,664 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #365,752 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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67 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Deliver us from Insanity, March 17, 2006

By	!Edwin C. Pauzer (New York City) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Deliver Us from Evil : Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism (Hardcover)

From the melodramatic title to the end, this book was a tough read. Sean's remarks are simplistic to the point of imbecility. (His logic is something akin to: all lemons are yellow; my car is yellow; my car must be a lemon.) He even repeats himself, and his references are shoddy.

This is the man who voiced opposition to President Clinton sending troops to Bosnia to eliminate the genocide and ethnic cleansing, which it did. Sean asserted that it was his patriotic duty to speak out as an American, and his exercise of free speech. He asked, how this president could justify his actions to American families when their relatives started coming home in body bags. When Bush invaded Iraq, patriotic duty and free speech went out the window when he asserted that criticism of the Bush administration was undermining our national resolve.

His real low point came when a renegade NYC Police Officer named Volpe sodomized Abner Luema (spelling?) with a broom handle in a police precinct. With nothing more than an intuition, Sean announced on the air that maybe that penetration came from the victim's lifestyle. Sean and Volpe's father shared microphones as they crooned a popular melody with made-up lyrics that implied the same. The crooning stopped suddenly when Volpe was fired from the force, and admitted to the sodomy.

Sean again showed his patriotism and wisdom in 1998 when President Clinton announced that a terrorist named Usama bin Laden and his al Qaeda group were the biggest threat to the US. Hannity joined the chorus of republican legislators who ignored the warning, accusing Clinton of "wagging the dog" in order to take focus from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Naturally, the bottom line is that all liberals are evil, and all conservatives are good. All liberals are blind, and conservatives are visionary.

There's just one question I have that Sean seemed to miss, and didn't address:

He claims:

Bill Clinton was responsible for 9/11.

President Bush was only in office eight months.

It wasn't enough time to prepare us against terrorist attack.

Okay.

The first bombing of the World Trade Center occurred six weeks after Bill Clinton came to office.

Does that mean that it was Clinton's predecessor, George Bush's father (41) who was responsible for the first bombing?

Finally, all his callers compliment him as a patriotic American, but what has this man done except talk? Like most chickenhawks, he's a great talker, but you have to walk the walk. I'm waiting for Sean to take his first step.

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Proof that Liberals are on the Wrong Side of History, February 21, 2004

By	Gregory Soon (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

I actually read the book, unlike the Liberals rating this book 1 star without reading even the inside dust jacket, only because they are afraid people actually will read this entire book and learn something about Liberalism.

Dear P.W. in Chappaqua NY, sorry, but giving this book 1 star, and citing it as proof that Liberals are smarter than conservatives, while not even reading the book, disqualifies you from any further discussion in this debate, have fun railing against America while you sip your Starbucks Latte.

Sean Hannity speaks from his heart with the gusto of a Liberal at an anti-war rally.

The greatest part of this book is his countless accounts and unequivocal citations of where the Liberal world view has gone wrong in past world history.

He sets the tone for a huge debate that will lead this country to a reckoning it's going to have to face within the next decade and in the 21st Century. Where does America stand in the world when it comes to the fight between good vs. evil?

Will we stand up to our history of past greatness and moral clarity or will we secede our leadership position as a driving force in world politics and policy to a neutral corner as spectators while anti-American world bodies like the U.N. dictate what our policies should be?

23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Relentless Pursuit of the Truth, February 20, 2004

By	W Johnston "kkanos" (Franklin, TN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As in Sean's radio & Fox News show, he hits the nail on the head with this book. Evil does exist in the world and to deny its existance and do nothing only advances those who choose to use its methods to advance their own agenda. This book is a call to action for those who are sick & tired of those who advance their own evil agendas in order to corrupt our nation. Do we choose to sit on our hands and just let things happen? NO! Evidently the liberals in our country learned NOTHING from 9-11. They would see us not only disarm ourselves, but subjegate our government to the United Nations, an organization that is rife with corruption and hidden agendas, mostly to do with neutralizing the U.S. as a world power. Our forefathers would roll over in their graves if they could see how the liberals are distorting & twisting the Constitution to serve their own glutonous lust for power. They are trying to turn this Republic into a Socialistic state. Sean lays it down concisely and straight to the point. This is a must read for those who consider themselves conservatives. Those who are liberals may not be able to stomach the fact that they are on the wrong side of the equation, or at least don't want to publicly admit it. This country won't be right again until the liberals in the Baby Boomer generation are out of power.