The enemy at home : the cultural left and its responsibility for 9/11 / Dinesh D'souza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Moral and ethical aspects.

Popular culture.

Moral conditions.

Civilization.

Liberalism.

Anti-Americanism.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

International relations.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Moral and ethical aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Anti-Americanism--Islamic countries.

Liberalism--United States.

United States--Civilization--Foreign public opinion, Muslim.

United States--Moral conditions--Foreign public opinion, Muslim.

Popular culture--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

United States--Relations--Islamic countries.

Relations.

Islamic countries.

Islamic countries--Relations--United States.

Physical Description:

x, 333 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2007]

Summary:

The culture wars at home and the global war on terror are usually viewed as separate problems. Author D'Souza makes the claim that terrorist acts around the world can be directly traced to the ideas and attitudes perpetrated by America's cultural left. D'Souza shows that American liberals are responsible for fostering a culture that angers and repulses not just Muslims but also traditional and religious societies around the world. He argues that it is not our exercise of freedom that enrages our enemies, but our abuse of that freedom--from the sexual liberty of women to the support of gay marriage, birth control, and no-fault divorce, to the aggressive exportation of our vulgar, licentious popular culture. It is only by curtailing the left's attacks on religion, family, and traditional values that we can persuade moderate Muslims and others around the world to cooperate with us and shun the extremists in their own countries.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Introduction

Illusions on the right : what conservatives "know" about 9/11, and why it's wrong

Reluctant warriors : 9/11 and the liberal paradox

America through Muslim eyes : why foreign policy is not the main problem

"The head of the snake" : the Islamic critique of western moral depravity

Innocence lost : liberalism and the corruption of popular culture

A world without patriarchy : divorce, homosexuality, and other liberal family values

A secular crusade : yes, there is a war against Islam

Emboldening the enemy : how liberal policy produced American vulnerability

The war against the war : decoding Bin Laden's message to America

The left's hidden agenda : unmasking the liberal-Islamic alliance

Battle plan for the right : how to defeat the enemy at home and abroad.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780385510127

OCLC:

70129136

Publisher Number:

9780385510127

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