Tuesday, August 26, 2008

best books!

1. Holy Madness- Adam Zamoyski
an excellant overview of the revolutionary mentality
from The French Revolution to today. It details the influences
such as Rousseaus "noble savage" Often humorousZamoyski

an excellant overview of the revolutionary mentality
from The French Revolution to today. It details the influences
such as Rousseaus "noble savage" Often humorous, always informative
a great read

2. Intellectuals -Paul Johnson
An examination of the minds that highly influenced the
modern age asMarx and Hemingway. He highlights the similarities
of these individuals, such as the characteristic of expressing a
great love of mankind, while treating the individual men around them wretchedly.

3. Degenerate Moderns- E. Michael Jones
similar to the above the author takes several major influential
social leaders, Mead,Kinsey,Freud,Jung, and Picassso and shows how
their work was often intellectualy dishonestand was a way
of justifying their life and behaviour.

4. It didnt start with Watergate!- Victor Lasky
the title says it all.

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