Treason : liberal treachery from the cold war to the war on terrorism / Ann Coulter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coulter, Ann H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

United States.

History.

Anti-communist movements--United States--History.

Anti-communist movements.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

International relations.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Physical Description:

viii, 355 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Forum, [2003]

Summary:

In a stunning follow-up to her number one bestseller Slander, leading conservative pundit Ann Coulter contends that liberals have been wrong on every foreign policy issue, from the fight against Communism at home and abroad, the Nixon and the Clinton presidencies, and the struggle with the Soviet empire right up to today's war on terrorism. "Liberals have a preternatural gift for always striking a position on the side of treason," says Coulter. "Everyone says liberals love America, too. No, they don't." From Truman to Kennedy to Carter to Clinton, America has contained, appeased, and retreated, often sacrificing America's best interests and security. With the fate of the world in the balance, liberals should leave the defense of the nation to conservatives. Reexamining the sixty-year history of the Cold War and beyond -- including the career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss affair, Ronald Reagan's challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," the Gulf War, and our present war on terrorism -- Coulter reveals how liberals have been horribly wrong in all their political analyses and policy prescriptions. McCarthy, exonerated by the Venona Papers if not before, was basically right about Soviet agents working for the U.S. government. Hiss turned out to be a high-ranking Soviet spy (who consulted Roosevelt at Yalta). Reagan, ridiculed throughout his presidency, ended up winning the Cold War. And George W. Bush, also an object of ridicule, has performed exceptionally in responding to America's newest threats at home and abroad. Coulter, who in Slander exposed a liberal bias in today's media, also examines how history, especially in the latter half of the twentieth century, has been written by liberals and, therefore, distorted by their perspective. Far from being irrelevant today, her clearheaded and piercing view of what we've been through informs us perfectly for challenges today and in the future. With Slander, Ann Coulter became the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual of the year. Treason, in many ways an even more controversial and prescient book, will ignite impassioned political debate at one of the most crucial moments in our history

Contents:

1 Fifty Years of Treason 1

2 Alger Hiss. Liberal Darling 17

3 No Communists Here! 35

4 The Indispensable Joe McCarthy 55

5 Victims of McCarthyism - The Liberals' Mayflower 73

6 But Were There Communists in the State Department? 95

7 Vietnam: Oh. How They Miss Saigon 125

8 How Truman Won the Cold War During the Reagan Administration 145

9 Liberals in Love: Mash Notes to the Kremlin 167

10 Cold War Epitaph: The Hiss Affair at the End of the Cold War 191

11 Neville Chamberlain had His Reasons, Too: Trembling in the Shadow of Brie 203

12 North Korea - Another Opportunity for Surrender 231

13 Celebrity Traitors: "Now That I'm Sober I Watch a Lot of News" 245

14 Modern McCarthyism: This is What it Meant in the Fifties, Too 259

Conclusion: Why They Hate Us 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1400050308

OCLC:

52133318