American betrayal
Subtitle: the secret assault on our nation's character
By: Diana West
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780312630782
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Socialism; Foreign relations; History
Description: American Betrayal shatters the approved histories of an era that begins with FDR's first inauguration, when "happy days" are supposed to be here again, and ends when we "win" the Cold War. It is here, amid the rubble, where Diana West focuses on the World War II--Cold War deal with the devil in which America surrendered her principles in exchange for a series of Big Lies whose preservation soon became the basis of our leaders' own self-preservation. It was this moral surrender to deception and self-deception, West argues, that sent us down the long road to moral relativism, "political correctness," and other cultural ills that have left us unable to ask the hard questions: Does our silence on the crimes of Communism explain our silence on the totalitarianism of Islam? Is Uncle Sam once again betraying America?--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-386) and index.