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The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money-Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America's Future
At a time when the national political debate is about inequality and fairness, bestselling author David Horowitz and coauthor Jacob Laksin have written an unsettling book about the distribution of power in America. Thoroughly researched and amply documented, The New Leviathan overturns the conventional wisdom about which end of the political spectrum represents the rich...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
June 12th 2012
by Crown Forum
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At a time when the national political debate is about inequality and fairness, bestselling author David Horowitz and coauthor Jacob Laksin have written an unsettling book about the distribution of power in America. Thoroughly researched and amply documented, The New Leviathan overturns the conventional wisdom about which end of the political spectrum represents the rich and powerful, and which represents the people.
The Democratic Party presents itself to the electorate as the party of worki...more
The Democratic Party presents itself to the electorate as the party of worki...more
the new leviathan: how the left-wing money machine shapes american politics and threatens america's future...pressure groups--united states--history...finance...(2012)
contents
1. the new leviathan
2. the making of a president
3. the progressive money machine
4. deconstructing the american identity
5. redefining national security
6. socialism by stealth
7. controlled environments
8. one nation under unions
9. a disturbing prospect
appendices
notes
acknowledgments
1. the new leviathan, begins:
this book is abo...more
contents
1. the new leviathan
2. the making of a president
3. the progressive money machine
4. deconstructing the american identity
5. redefining national security
6. socialism by stealth
7. controlled environments
8. one nation under unions
9. a disturbing prospect
appendices
notes
acknowledgments
1. the new leviathan, begins:
this book is abo...more
wally has done a good job of detailing the content of this book. Its primary position is to highlight the overwhelming advantage that liberal groups have in funding their causes. It's disconcerting to realize that much of this funding is from foundations that were created by very successful and conservative capitalists. But over time, as these so-called elites passed away, their foundations were taken over by descendents whose political views were almost diametrically opposed to those of the fou...more
I had to read this book for class, but because of its allusion to Hobbes' classic, I had hopes that there was some meaningful interaction with political philosophy. It is not. It is simply an expose on the different liberal groups that promote liberal agendas and the sources of their funding. Because the word "radical" is littered throughout, the reader is apparently supposed to be frightened as a result. FoxNews in book form.
I did not find this to be a helpful contribution to the needed debate...more
I did not find this to be a helpful contribution to the needed debate...more
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David Joel Horowitz is an American conservative writer and policy advocate. He is a founder and current president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and edits FrontPage Magazine.
Horowitz was raised by parents who were members of the Communist Party USA. Between 1956 and 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left before rejecting Leftism completely. Horowitz has recounted his ideol...more
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Horowitz was raised by parents who were members of the Communist Party USA. Between 1956 and 1975, Horowitz was an outspoken adherent of the New Left before rejecting Leftism completely. Horowitz has recounted his ideol...more
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