My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding (Hardcover)

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Product Description

David Duke's riveting autobiography.

About the Author

David Duke is a former Louisiana State Representative who is now chairman of the Republican Party in St. Tammany Parish. He has been a leader in opposition to affirmative action and unbridled immigration.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 736 pages
• Publisher: Free Speech Books; 1st edition (November 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892796007
• ISBN-13: 978-1892796004
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (136 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #222,103 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

57 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is your chance. Don't blow it!, June 8, 2000

By	R.F. (Southwestern USA) - See all my reviews

You will find this book to be well worth your time and money. Do yourself, and America, a favor. Read it. There is so much information in Duke's book that needs to reach the consciousness of this nation. To take the silly derogatory comments from the one-star voters (most of whom don't seem to have ever even shared a room with My Awakening) as a valid substitute for reading this book yourself is to spit upon all that humanity has ever strived to build. Buy, read, know, share.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, January 18, 2006

By	Marcus Tullius Cicero "Leonard" (Southwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This book is probably the most important I've ever read. It is very difficult to find, a testament to the type of suppression that has followed the auther David Duke throughout his entire life.

The book jumps back and forth between details of the author's life and research on sociology, anthropology, history and genetics; all of it is carefully referenced. The transformation of the American media is shown clearly and factually. Foreign influences with nefarious purposes have been shown to exist at the heads of all major newspaper publications in the entire country. Most of the legislation which has brought down the national average IQ, school systems and neighborhoods are exposed. It was all blurry before I picked up this book and it is now frighteningly clear. Everybody should read this book if we are to survive.

Those who have sought to discredit and bash the author have been shown as the criminals they are. David Duke has never commited a violent or criminal act in his life, yet he was almost murdered on three occasions. Why? There is not a racial slur or virulent phrase in this entire book. The message is purposeful, positive and redeeming. Open your mind and give it a read, it's well worth it.

83 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible and thought-provoking, July 10, 2000

By A Customer

I've got to hand it to David Duke. He has written a book that is just about impossible to put down. And, while I don't personally agree with all of his views, as an autobiography his story makes fascinating reading. He provides a LOT of very credible documentation and evidence to support his views, and it is refreshing to at last read a different viewpoint that does not reflect the politically-correct media angle on the same issues. I have to admit I would feel a lot more comfortable reading and absorbing this information if it were written by someone other David Duke, whose personal baggage as former leader of the Ku Klux Klan probably can never be effectively overcome. But he explains why he made his choices and why he moved on, and nowhere can any suggestion be found in these pages that violence is an answer to change the status quo; rather, he proposes that white Americans take pride in their race, heritage and ethnic customs, just as black, hispanic and other minority Americans are doing. He also takes the comments of some minority groups and turns them around, substituting how racist the statements would come across if they were voiced by white Americans against those groups. It made me really stop and consider that many minorities show as much (or more) intolerance in their statements than the white Americans they assail. The book is incredible and isn't just another affirmation of the politically correct. There is nothing to fear in reading these views and considering their validity. I would recommend it.