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April 7th 2008
(first published 2006)
by Regnery Publishing
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Paperback, 224 pages
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1596985275
(isbn13: 9781596985278)
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The New York Times bestseller-now in paperback with a new introduction by the author! Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a mue...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone
Yes this stellar book is about demography. But it is also about civilizational will. Western civilization has given so many hard earned gifts to the world (if you don't know what these gifts I speak of are, I would humbly ask you to read anything from historian Will Durant or Paul Johnson). The question is do we have the will to preserve them? Whatever your feelings about Islam and wars, you have to ask yourself: is having large numbers of un-assimilated Muslim immigrants in Europe, people who i...more
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Read in February, 2007
To put it simply, I really liked this book. From the writer's style and wit to the information conveyed, this is your typical "can't put down" book. For those of you who aren't quite convinced that "global warming" is THE greatest threat to life as we know it, this book is for you. The author's coverage of topics, including how demographics and Europe's general lack of Christian religion has allowed for major changes to take place in many European countries (one of my favor...more
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Read in April, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who cares about their own rights and liberty.
Mark Steyn succinctly brings to bear tons of statistics, facts and news articles in order to shine some light on the current global political issues and trends so that we can see a little further down the tunnel. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much light at the end and this is through no fault of Mr. Steyn.
I'm not one to get involved in conspiracy theories or politics in general. However, based on reviews elsewhere, I felt that it would behoove me to dive into this book. ...more
I'm not one to get involved in conspiracy theories or politics in general. However, based on reviews elsewhere, I felt that it would behoove me to dive into this book. ...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
those who doubt the war against FIF
"Fundamentalist Islamic Fascism" is my acronym for the continuing struggle, what the namby-pamby call the "war" on "terrorism." But terrorism is a tactic, not an ideology, and Islam is the ideology we are contending with, and will continue to contend with, as Steyn's book so aptly points out: it's all about demographics. While the west is navel-gazing, shuttling their only child to ballet, karate, and soccer, the east is having six, eight, and ten children per famil...more
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Read in January, 2007
Mr Steyn's main premise rests on three pillars:
1. The West is in demographic decline while Muslim nations breed at a far higher rate.
2. The West is too bulky with bloated government and social welfare programs that cannot be sustained.
3. We are too tired (what he terms "civilizational exhaustion") and ashamed of our greatness to do anything about it.
And if America cannot summon the will to shape the emerging world it will be the "end of the Amer...more
1. The West is in demographic decline while Muslim nations breed at a far higher rate.
2. The West is too bulky with bloated government and social welfare programs that cannot be sustained.
3. We are too tired (what he terms "civilizational exhaustion") and ashamed of our greatness to do anything about it.
And if America cannot summon the will to shape the emerging world it will be the "end of the Amer...more
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Read in June, 2008
First off, I have serious issues with the narrator of this book. He is the same as the narrator of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which I hated partly because the narrator sounded so smug and arrogant - I hated it the restly because it was just crap. I read the introduction of this book online and eagerly downloaded the audiobook from my library. I nearly cried when I heard the narrator's voice. I'm afraid that may have soured the experience for me.
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Read in June, 2007
recommends it for:
Nobody.
This book is a waste of trees and space, especially in the overcrowded North Asian country where it was given to me. It also disgraces the hardback book format.
I have no difficulty reading books with views that differ from mine, but I do not read stupid books.
The preface alone characterizes the 1980s and 1990s strife in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Balkans as the fault of ingrates who refused to accept the political boundaries given them by Western European Liberal Democracies.
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I have no difficulty reading books with views that differ from mine, but I do not read stupid books.
The preface alone characterizes the 1980s and 1990s strife in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Balkans as the fault of ingrates who refused to accept the political boundaries given them by Western European Liberal Democracies.
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
conservatives
Steyn has created an amusing but also insightful and at times, frightening depiction of what the world may look like 20-30 years from now. This "Armageddon" book however is different from the regular apocalyptic fare. Instead of a prophecy of missile attacks or demons emerging from volcanoes, Mark Steyn paints a picture of the world entering a new dark age, due to a population takeover by extremist Islam. And all the while Steyn discusses the numerous elements that will play into this ...more
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recommends it for:
10th Grade Civics Classes
Is the Welfare State leading us down the road to extinction? You bet, says Mark Stein and then he proceeds to make such a good case for that and the resulting Islamicization of Europe that he has been hauled before the Ontario Human Rights Commission on a charge of anti-PC heresy. This is a chilling and wonderfully written book, filled with Steyn's humorous barbs, directed against the timorous PC functionaries of the sort who would turn around every commode in the UK prison system so that Muslim...more
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
Everyone interested in current events
Mark Steyn argues a frightening case:
Native Europeans are not having children at anywhere near the "replacement rate" of 2.1 children per woman, while Muslim immigrants are having 5,6,7, or more children per woman. Given this population dynamic, within our lifetimes, Europe will become a much different place, a place some have called "Eurabia", as Muslims become a larger minority, then a plurality, then the majority. The Europeans show few signs of recognizing this tr...more
Native Europeans are not having children at anywhere near the "replacement rate" of 2.1 children per woman, while Muslim immigrants are having 5,6,7, or more children per woman. Given this population dynamic, within our lifetimes, Europe will become a much different place, a place some have called "Eurabia", as Muslims become a larger minority, then a plurality, then the majority. The Europeans show few signs of recognizing this tr...more
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THIS BOOK GIVES A REALISTIC VIEW OF IMPORTANT DEMOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL TRENDS IN THE WESTERN WORLD. THE INFORMATION IT PRESENTS IS EXCELLENT BACKGROUND FOR POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING. EVEN THOUGH THE AUTHOR IS WRITING ABOUT A SERIOUS SUBJECT AND BRINGING IN LOTS OF STATISTICS, HIS STYLE IS SUCCINCT, ENTERTAINING, EVEN DARKLY HUMOROUS. I HAVE PURCHASED SEVERAL COPIES OF THE BOOK TO GIVE AS GIFTS.
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS CONTROVERSIAL. THE DAY ITS PAPERBACK EDITION CAME OUT IN CANADA...more
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS CONTROVERSIAL. THE DAY ITS PAPERBACK EDITION CAME OUT IN CANADA...more
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Read in April, 2008
Mark Steyn hits a home run. He will definitely dent the minds of pacifists with this new book. His writing is literally laugh out funny and hard hitting at the same time. Everything he points out in the book is factually accurate. Islamofascism is 'THE GREATEST' threat facing the free democratic society in this post 9/11 world. Mark packs this book with factual examples and lays the regressive trends that Europe and Canada are following. Read it now and I promise you'll enjoy it, even if you dis...more
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Realized what I had already known from living in Europe for 2 years about population decline in the western world. A great way for a people to take over the world these days is to have lots of kids. Great information that everyone should know about how to protect ourselves from political correctness as well.
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The Canadian Steyn inject quite a bit of humor into this book, which you'll probably like if you tend towards the conservative, but which may strike a discordant note if your sympathies lie elsewhere. Steyn presents the case that radical Islam of the Wahabi strain has been aggressively exported around the globe due to the oil money flooding the middle east. While he acknowledges America's culpability in this, his main point is that American is the only country positioned to have an effect on t...more
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Read in June, 2007
This may be the best, and scariest, book I've read in a long time. Mr. Steyn foretells the end of a liberated western civilization as we know it, and makes you laugh about the absurdity of it all at the same time. Mr. Steyn repeatedly points out the hypocrisy of those in the media who seem to want to make sure, first and foremost, that they don't offend anybody. Meanwhile, radical extremists are terrorizing parts of Western Europe once thought to be forever serene, politically correct journal...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
Anyone willing to face the state of the world
The world that we know will not remain for very long if current trends continue. This book is the perfect antidote to claims that we are about to over-populate the planet. In fact, European countries have negative birth rates and the next fifty years could see major changes in their demographics. The massive immigrant populations from Muslim countries could quite plausibly overrun some of the nations of Europe within the next half-century. Steyn presents his evidence, his arguments and the i...more
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Read in October, 2007
The scariest thing about this book is the number of people it sucked into its black hole as easy as pie. I tried to find a single professional critique of the book and failed. Finally I hit the blogosphere and found the sanity debunking much of Steyn's claims.
People are taking everything Steyn says as unchecked Truth and Fact. Greatest Joke of all time. Steyn's writing style is jolted. He peppers his work with nonstop quips that add NOTHING to the reader's experience except to be an ...more
People are taking everything Steyn says as unchecked Truth and Fact. Greatest Joke of all time. Steyn's writing style is jolted. He peppers his work with nonstop quips that add NOTHING to the reader's experience except to be an ...more
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I've read Steyn online, in commentaries, and magazines, but never attempted a book by him. Shame on me! The guy is a delight, and incendiary to boot. How I knew I would like this book before I even cracked it: the cover quote. Usually these things are drippy and praise-laden, along the lines of "Smith's book is a masterpiece of zippity do dah".
What does this guy put on the cover?
"The arrogance of Mark Steyn knows no bounds" - Prince Turki al-Faisal
Heh.
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What does this guy put on the cover?
"The arrogance of Mark Steyn knows no bounds" - Prince Turki al-Faisal
Heh.
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
Readers of Jon Stewart's America
Frightening view of the future, if you enjoy freedom, value of the individual, democracy, human rights, education for women, separation of church and state, and other taken-for-granted causes of prosperity that were developed if not invented in the course of Western civilization. Unfortunately, Steyn's view is well-supported and cogently argued. This would be dreadful reading except for the fact that Steyn is a remarkably funny and original writer.
Re Jon Stewart: would his fans appro...more
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Read in March, 2008
Wow this book definitely makes you think. I can't say if everything that he says in here is true but most things really make sense.
I love how he talked about people having the will to stand up and do something. He also talked about how the welfare states are just shooting themselves in the foot and makes a really good case on demographics.
Altogether, this will really make you think and maybe want to start changing some things in your life to make a positive differe...more
I love how he talked about people having the will to stand up and do something. He also talked about how the welfare states are just shooting themselves in the foot and makes a really good case on demographics.
Altogether, this will really make you think and maybe want to start changing some things in your life to make a positive differe...more
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