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Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties Paperback – November 22, 2005

by Peter Collier (Author), David Horowitz (Author)

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As leading New Leftists in the Sixties, Peter Collier and David Horowitz were intimately involved in the radicalism of the day. Later on, they became the first of their generation to publicly reject the objectives of that revolutionary era and point out the cultural chaos it had left behind. Part memoir, part political analysis, part social history, DESTRUCTIVE GENERATION is the compelling story of their intellectual journey into and out of the radical trenches. Telling stories of the New Left's most famous (and infamous) personalities and events, Collier and Horowitz reveal the destructive legacy of the Sixties and the way in which that decade continues to cast a long shadow over politics and culture today. When it was first published more than a decade ago, DESTRUCTIVE GENERATION was a controversial bestseller that some critics compared to Whittaker Chambers' powerful political testament, WITNESS. This new edition contains new material which makes this classic work more relevant than ever in our own divided time.

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2005
November 22
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1594030820
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A rare and vivid glimpse into the bowels. -- Wall Street Journal

Collier and Howowitz knew the scene from the inside, and write about it with intelligence, gossipy intimacy, and savage introspection. -- National Review

If words can turn the tides of history, Collier and Horowitz...have achieved what bombs and bullets failed to do. -- Washington Post

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Peter Collier and David Horowitz are the bestselling authors of THE ROCKEFELLERS, THE KENNEDYS, THE FORDS and other books.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Encounter Books; 58483rd edition (November 22, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1594030820
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594030826
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.44 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches

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The Self Righteous Left - left exposed

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2013

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First, I'd much rather learn the history of the 60's from someone who participated in it - in the inner circles - than from any academic. There are some words that the human species finds hard to utter, "I'm sorry," "I don't know" and hardest of all "I was wrong." To write this, David and Peter have to muster up that big one - right at the start - "I was wrong." And that indicates the passion for truth and the kind of introspection that is rare - especially among those who were so thoroughly indoctrinated.
The book is concise, historical and revealing. It is a must read for anyone interested in present day politics and how we got here. It shows how the destruction of the structure of our society is not a collateral casualty of the left movement but is the murder of an inept victim too stupid to understand the brutal, robbery, rape and beating it has just taken. This is classic Marxism, to turn the people against each other and accumulate power. None of the ills the left sought to solve has been solved - because it is not about solving anything - its always been about power. In every case, those who Don Quixote portended to help are worse off.
No doubt the horrific road we are on is driven by the likes of these wanna be world dictators who propagate all that is vile and evil.
They are in the end-game now. And woe to us if they succeed. A MUST READ IF YOUR BRAIN IS NOT BEER SOAKED OR POT STAINED.

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The best description of how we landed in the current political mess in the US

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2021

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Both my wife and I lived through Bezerkley in the 60's and this book stunningly reveals how the plans were laid for the current mess in this country. We knew some of this, but the book filled in many pieces we did not know. Infiltrate the colleges and universities with radical ideas, leading to indoctrinated school teachers and faculty. Destroy the US economy, destroy the nuclear family and increase racial discord!! The plans were all laid out then and have been pursued with amazing efficiency. Bravo to Horowitz and Collier!!

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Vernon H. Messer

The 1960s are the baby boomers legacy

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2020

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David Horowitz always nails it. A red diaper baby, and former left wing radical he has the credentials to tell the story of the 1960s with pithy facts. The Boomers gave us three things: 1) Made promiscuous sex commonplace. 2) Made drug abuse socially acceptable and cool. 3) Made crapping on the American flag, and denigrating our country fashionable. Most of today's divisive political climate can be traced back to the left wing radicals of the 1960s. Read this book written by two men who were there and in the mix.

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Essential reading

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2021

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Horowitz exposes the unknow and forgotten past of the radical left movements. Well written. Fascinating!

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About the 60s (and 70s and 80s)

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2023

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Did not find the book as interesting as anticipated; actually was relatively boring especially in the first half. The second half was more interesting and I would have found it a better book if written entirely in that vein. Could not really get into the first half, and it read like a source book for an academic course. I believe there may be better/ more interestingbooks on the 60s altho I am not an expert. These authors did live thru those years but that is not especially evident in the first half of the book.

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They never thought of the kids they affected

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2010

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This and others are must-reads for people who had the misfortune to be children during the 60s--- and really, the 70s/80s/90s--- because these people haven't really gone away. The reviews here tell you what you need to know---even to this day, this was all about THEM. They never (even now) consider the confusion of later 70s kids, who just had a sense they were born into a civil war. Flag burnings, scary sex practices, enforced "sex education," films of bulldozed naked bodies to understand the holocaust, and much more. The children born in 1965 are now just over forty. We are just now beginning to see the effects of what these people did to the kids. For anybody just reaching 30-40, take a look at them. At least David Horowitz tried later to go talk to school kids. So many have as first political memories home bombing and people bragging about it and burning flags and teachers pushing dope. Even now, adults will not talk about the REIGN OF TERROR---from their point of view. People still have these people for teachers in school. Now, they talk about it behind closed doors more.

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The Left are a cancer

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2021

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This book is on point...

Bash Antifash mob and Finish 'em off!

It's also the most telling as it best illustrates the hypocrisy of the left

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

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Very interesting book. If you need to know where a lot of the failed policies of the Obama administraion got their start, read this. The most interesting part is the story of Fay Stender. It's also the most telling as it best illustrates the hypocrisy of the left.

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Martin Gurske

A great read. Slip into the ughly side of the Revolutionary Idea.

Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2020

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Over the last few years, I started to question the many books and documentaries that I consumed about the revolutionary 1960s. I was once taken with the Revolutionary Idea and wondered why the magic did not last and result in the utopia it promised.
After further research, I decided to purchase and read this book.
After reading each chapter, I started to research the internet to defy the details I just read. I was shocked by how I was lied to all these years by reputable sources presenting false and twisted storytelling. People, who I once respected, were actually opportunists and hustlers who distributed "their truth" to further their own personal interests and agendas.
I am glad I read this book. I got to see the ugly side of the Revolutionary Idea.
Sounds harsh? The facts and the truth hurts.
I highly recommend this book.
I loved it so much that I bought another title in the authors' repertoire, "The Anti Chomsky Reader".

anon

this is a brilliant book. He will lose many when he starts ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2016

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Yes, agree with the previous reviewer, this is a brilliant book. He will lose many when he starts defending the Vietnam War or the Iran Contra affair or the Gulf wars. But his account of the new left in America is illuminating, devastating, filled with black humour. The thing that rescues him from stereoptypical right thinking is a very human approach to issues. Get it and read it, the sixties, the new left and the Panthers will never look the same again.

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