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Originally a radical socialist, the current driving force behind the rise of the Hollywood right recounts how he moved from one set of political convictions to another over the course of thirty years, and challenges readers to consider how they came by their own convictions.

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David Horowitz is a noted conservative commentator and a national bestselling author. He is the founder and CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in Los Angeles and the author of Big Agenda, Radical Son, and The Black Book of the American Left.

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Publisher : Touchstone; Touchstone ed. edition (April 21, 1998)
Language : English
Paperback : 480 pages
ISBN-10 : 0684840057
ISBN-13 : 978-0684840055
Item Weight : 1.02 pounds
Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.44 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #400,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #836 in Social Activist Biographies
- #1,556 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism
- #2,672 in Political Leader Biographies

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Nunya Inct

Outstanding autobiographical account from Leftist to Conservative

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020

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David Horowitz was a literal red diaper baby, born to Communists. He was a full blown Leftist in his youth, and his writings inspired other Leftists. He became disillusioned with the Black Panthers and the violence which spurred him along to questioning his values and resulted in his metamorphosis into a Conservative. I spent many years in New Haven, and knew Warren Kimbro, one if the people mentioned in the book. I can say, having made the conversion myself from a Democrat to a Conservative this book should be required reading for high school students. The message told by the Left is that Utopia is possible through Socialism/Communism. Reading this book, is eye opening because no one puts forth the truth better than David Horowitz that the only thing that Communism brings is violence and misery.

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Glen

Fascinating and eye-opening.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2017

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What a fascinating book. I had no idea how dark and what ties to hard-core communism the 60's and 70's leftist movements were.
Horowitz has total cred to write about it too, having been raised by communists and lived deep, deep in the radical left in Berkeley.
He also blows the lid off how the AIDS crisis was handled.
He is a serious writer and this book is an eye opener, no matter where you are on the political spectrum

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arlene rohweder

I have bought 11 copies of this autobiography of David ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2016

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I have bought 11 copies of this autobiography of David Horowitz. I give it to everyone who will read it for the wisdom and insight his life gives, from being reared a Communist, to idealizing the party and working to bring Communism to young people in forming the SDS in the 60's, to being disillusioned and becoming a conservative. An interesting and exciting journey. I lived through the 60's and missed so much of the history being made and the reason for so much upheaval among young people and found it enlightening to revisit that era.

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P. Quinton

An eye opening story.

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019

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Bought this simply because I am a child of the sixties. The ideology he fought so hard for was focused on bringing down the country I love. To learn what happened when he dropped out of sight, and the reasons, was amazing. Being from California, I was aware of him and the New Left movement, the origins of the Black Panthers, and others of which he was a part of. His change and the reasons for it and his treatment by former colleagues is enlightening. Any serious student of history and political life in our country can learn from this book.

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prairie woman

The Journey From A Radical To a Realist!

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2014

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This is the journey of David Horowitz warts and all. He grew up in a household of card carrying Communist parents who because they were Jewish didn't really feel that America was that special---there were many doors and neighborhoods closed to them. His father, though he was involved in the usual boyhood father/son sports like swimming in the lake spending time at the seaside,never really gave David a lot of encouragement and throughout his life and well into adulthood when David became a well known writer, his father was still critical of him. It didn't matter that their ideologies were the same, committed to leftist leaning politics.

When David Horowitz completed his studies at Columbia, he married, and ultimately ended up at Berkeley in the early 1960s in the era of the Vietnam War when radical forces and protestors were occupying the University of California there. He began writing for left wing publications and was very involved in left wing organizations, like the Black Panthers. He was committed to finding the funds for the school sponsored by the organization and became part of the board of directors. What he discovered though, is many of the powers that be in the Black Panthers were very reluctant to accept his suggestions and that their solution to many problems was violence---against the police or "pigs" and anyone who remotely disagreed or didn't follow the mantra of Huey Newton. It was when a friend of David's was murdered that he began to distance himself from this group and do some real soul searching.

Horowitz is a very introspective writer. He explores his feelings and sometimes failings when he discusses his personal life--his marriage, affairs, and his propensity for falling for needy women. He was with his first wife, Elissa for twenty years and he is very descriptive of how she was the ultimate stay at home mom and rejected by the women in David's New Left group. Ironically, he points out, all of those women had marriages that ultimately fell apart. He was the father of four children and admits that it was his relationship with them in part, that made him realize that everyone is different and that it's important to accept them for who they are instead of trying to make people fit a mold. As a parent, he started to think in terms of what became known as "second thoughts."

It was ultimately Horowitz' discovery that instead of helping the "oppressed" the New Left was actually harming them by encouraging dependence, and mostly advocating violence and destruction as the way to accomplish their goals.

Horowitz is certainly a talented writer and he leaves no stone unturned. Someone made me aware that he travels with a bodyguard and after reading this book, I'm not surprised. He offended a lot of people that he formerly associated with who considered him a traitor to the cause. Some of the chapters where he describes what he writes got a bit too verbose and it was hard for me to concentrate. I really enjoyed the chapters where he was asked to write biographies of such families as the Rockefellers, Kennedys, and even the automakers, the Fords. He discovered especially with the Rockefeller family that they had some third generation folks who were radicals and not so complimentary of their ancestral family. It was when he researched the Fords that he became impressed that they were in fact, in most instances, the perfect example of those that start from the bottom and work themselves up to become successful.

I am encouraged to read more of his books. He certainly is a prolific writer and look forward to hearing more from him!

Updated: April 30, 2014

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Wichitaindigo

And so it begins...again.

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2019

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An important book for anyone that would like to understand some of the early history of communism and socialist thought prior to WWII in America focusing on Jewish immigrants in New York and the cycle of the resurgence of the ideology in the 60's New Left. It took some diligence and focused reading to really understand and relate these philosophies to the politics of today. It really
helped me to understand the American origins of today's political left. This book is full of large simple truths that are worth remembering and applying to current events. Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it...

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Richard Shaw

Great book that describes the founding of the New Left in America

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018

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This book is an excellent account of Horowitz's upbringing in an American Communist family through his radical days at Berkley and his final realizations of the evil within the New Left. Lots of great information that makes it a history book about the New Left and its agenda.

I own the printed version but bought the Kindle version recently. The 4-star review is for the Kindle edition - it's pretty horrible! Misspellings throughout the book. Hopefully, this will be corrected in a future edition.

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Georgia McKinney

Not what I expected.

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017

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I agree with Richard A Roberts' post on May 26, 2015, "A must read to understand a radical socialist", and I do recommend it. However, the title should have been, "The History of the Communist Party in America". The insight he demonstrates and the education he delivers on socialism and progressives is invaluable but, I guess, I expected
to enjoy a more personable chronicle. Thought I would never get through it, but still my admiration for David Horowitz grows. Thanks Mr. Horowitz
for the education.

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Geoffrey F Parker

A Powerful and Deeply Moving Autobiography, Exposition and Indictment of the Left

Reviewed in Australia on September 13, 2020

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I am very interested in the history of Communism in the 20th Century and the total disaster it became. David Horowitz's book spells out the ideals, the delusions, and the horrifying consequences of a political philosophy and movement, when they do not understand the foundations of justice in society; they do not understand the lessons of history; and they do not understand human nature. He does this in parallel to his own autobiography as a participant in the whole horrific tragedy of the movement and its terrible consequences for tens of millions of human beings, and his own personal tragedy, in the hope that the left can lean from experience. An attempt to create a totally unrealistic Utopia, which they want to repeat when it fails, in the illogical hope that if they try the same thing again, they will get a different result. The book is, I think, one among the handful of truly great autobiographies and histories. I highly recommend it, especially in this time of madness in our cities, once again, coming from the left. It is a profound and deeply moving masterpiece. Read it; lefties, the extreme right, socialists and conservatives alike!

Michael Best

I liked the narrative part

Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2017

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I liked the narrative part, but I felt that the political part was unfair, unbalanced and contradictory. To be fair, Horowitz is a talented writer and if your main concern is, as mine was, to find out how a man went from the far left to the center right, he does give a detailed answer as to how it came about. The description on the back makes it seem as if Horowitz's transition happened over night but I suspected that it was a gradual process, a thesis that turned out to be correct when I read the book.

cat

How we got to where we are today!

Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2019

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One of the most profound books I’ve ever read! This is a book to read now to understand the Left in America. It’s a dense book full of facts and information. Hopefully you will have someone who reads it along with you to discuss.

Luis Gerardo Blum Valenzuela

Eye opening about progressivism/ conservatism

Reviewed in Mexico on July 18, 2020

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Very good,, by a very intelligent writer

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